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madrasta.

stepmother (wife of one's biological father, not one's biological mother)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/maˈdɾas.tɐ/Brazil/maˈdɾaʃ.tɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro/mɐˈdɾaʃ.tɐ/Portugal[mɐˈðɾaʃ.tɐ]Portugal
  1. stepmother (wife of one's biological father, not one's biological mother)

    feminine
  2. an evil woman

    feminine · figuratively
Where this word comes from

From Late Latin mātrastra (“stepmother”), from Latin māter (“mother”), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Compare Galician madrasta, Spanish madrastra.

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