English Experts

[Sergio_Psi]

Hello people!
Does anyone know how to say "mãe coruja"?
Is there such expression in English?

[donay mendonça]

Hi Sergio,

Eu diria:Overprotective mother

Exemplo de como usar:

#She was an overprotective mother who did everything possible to please her child.(Ela era uma mãe coruja que fazia tudo para agradar o filho.)

Bye!See ya!

[Sergio_Psi]

I guess it works, but for me "mãe coruja" is related with pride and not protection.
Do you see my point?

Thanks anyway. It certainly is a way to express it.

[donay mendonça]

Hello Sergio,


We´ll have to make do with "overprotective mother" for the time being.I´ll check my information files later on.By the way,pride can make a mother overprotective as well,and an overprotective mother is also proud of her children.

Bye! See ya!

[teachernoemi]

como se diz mãe coruja???
please help me!!

[donay mendonça]

Olá Teacher Noemi,


Você pode dizer:HOCKEY MOM

EX:She´s a real hockey mom.


Good luck!

[teachernoemi]

Thanks,
I'm afraid I might be one!!!

[Anna]

Ola

Tb existe a expressão "mother hen"... parecida com portugu~es

abraços

[brveras]

Ouvi num episódio de Supernatural o Dean falando "Soccer Mom", o equivalente a mãe-coruja do nosso português.

[Thomas]

I understand the term to mean "proud mother".

A "mother hen" is overly protective of her children, employees, etc. And a "mother hen" can be a man. Yes, a man. Often it is a negative description, almost an insult.

"Hockey mom" is more or less the Canadian version of "soccer mom". It doesn't get much use in the USA for a very simple reason: the weather. Before getting too enamorate of the term "soccer mom", I would suggest a review of its definition at Wikipedia or in a good dictionary. Possibly the term is not being understood and we are going off on a tangent. Possibly...