Super-Homem
Appearance
Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Calque of English Superman. By surface analysis, super- + homem. In Brazil, displaced by Superman as DC Comics' official translation in the 1990's.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: (Brazil) -õmẽj̃, (Portugal) -ɔmɐ̃j̃
- Hyphenation: Su‧per‧-Ho‧mem
- Homophone: super-homem
Proper noun
[edit]Super-Homem m
- Superman (fictional comic-book superhero) [from 1938]
- Synonym: Superman
- 1938 December 17, “O Superhomem” (chapter 1), in A Gazetinha Nova Phase, volume VI, number 445, São Paulo, page 5:
- O SUPER HOMEM! Defensor dos oprimidos, a maravilha fisica que havia jurado devotar sua existencia em auxiliar os necessitados.
- SUPERMAN! Defender of the oppressed, the physical wonder who had sworn to devote his existence to helping those in need.
- 1977, “Em Palpos de Aranha” (2:06 from the start), in Alhos com bugalhos, performed by Almôndegas, Pelotas: Philips:
- Moço, venha me ajudar / Seja você o Super-Homem / Kit Carson ou até mesmo Búfalo Bill
- Boy, come help me / Be you Superman / Kit Carson or even Buffalo Bill
- 1981 September 18, Fábio Somarni, “Super-Juninho”, in Placar, number 592, São Paulo: Abril, page 47:
- É um pássaro? Um avião? Não, é o Super-Homem... Não, mas também não é o Super-Homem!
- It is a bird? An airplane? No, it's Superman... No, but it's not Superman either!
- 2022 December 15, Amanda Capuano, “O motivo por trás da saída de Henry Cavill de ‘Super-Homem’”, in Veja[1], archived from the original on July 26, 2023:
- Henry Cavill anunciou na noite desta quarta-feira, 14, que não voltará a interpretar o Super-Homem no próximo filme do herói da DC.
- Henry Cavill announced on Wednesday night, the 14th, that he will not return to play Superman in the DC hero's next film.
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