pae
Portuguese, noun
pae is spelled P-A-E (3 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 41,886th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pae is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of pai” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a tilde, pãe is a different word: “a single parent who fulfills both parental roles to their child”.
What does pae mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of pai
noun
- 1
colloquialfemininemasculinea single parent who fulfills both parental roles to their child
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. um pai ou mãe solo que assume ambas as funções maternas e paternas para o(s) seu(s) filho(s)
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pae
- paes plural
- pães plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is pae in Portuguese?
pae appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).