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Pronunciation / Transliteration: ibo kyōdai
"彼には異母兄弟が一人います。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A brother who shares only one parent with you.
"Ele passa as férias com o seu meio-irmão por parte de pai." - 2
A stepbrother acquired through the remarriage of a parent, though strictly used in biological contexts for shared parentage.
"O meu meio-irmão mais novo começou a estudar na mesma escola."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Portuguese 'meio' (half, from Latin 'medius') and 'irmão' (brother, from Latin 'germanus', meaning full brother or close kin). The term historically evolved to designate siblings sharing only one biological parent.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Meio-irmão" is said worldwide
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demi-frère
Transliteration: də.mi.fʁɛʁ
"Il joue au football avec son demi-frère."
Halbbruder
Transliteration: ˈhalpˌbʁuːdɐ
"Sein Halbbruder wohnt in Berlin."
fratellastro
Transliteration: fra.telˈlas.tro
"Mio fratellastro viene spesso a trovarmi."
hermanastro
Transliteration: eɾ.maˈnas.tɾo
"Mi hermanastro vive en Madrid."
meio-irmão
Transliteration: ˈmej.u iʁˈmɐ̃w
"O meu meio-irmão é muito inteligente."
सوترभ्राता
Transliteration: sautr bhrata
Script: सौतेला भाई
"मेरा सौतेला भाई मेरे साथ खेलता है।"
同父异母兄弟
Transliteration: tóng fù yì mǔ xiōng dì
"我和我的同父异母兄弟关系很好。"
이복형제
Transliteration: ibok hyeongje
"그는 이복형제와 함께 살고 있습니다."
異母兄弟
Transliteration: ibo kyōdai
"彼には異母兄弟が一人います。"
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