ama de casa

English translation: housewife

06:09 Apr 11, 2009

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Spanish term or phrase: ama de casa

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LillyP KudoZ activity Questions: 8 (none open) Answers: 3
Local time: 23:34

English translation:housewife

Explanation:
He encontrado la expresion muchas veces en la habla diaria.

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Note added at 8 mins (2009-04-11 06:17:28 GMT)
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Tb. homemaker, stay-at-home mom (http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1297645)

Selected response from:

Andrea Shah
United States
Local time: 01:34

Grading comment

gracias!! buen dia
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +18

housewife

Andrea Shah

4 +1

"homemaker"

eski

House Keeper

Calimon

5 -2

domestic engineer

Barbara Cochran, MFA

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

1 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): +18

housewife

Andrea Shah
United States
Local time: 01:34
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

gracias!! buen dia

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Aïda Garcia Pons: both.

21 mins

-> Muchas gracias, Aida.

agree

Mariluz Chamorro Cuervo (X)

36 mins

-> Gracias, Mariluz.

agree

Daniel Burns (X)

38 mins

-> Gracias, Daniel.

agree

Laura T.

1 hr

-> Gracias, Laura.

agree

Noni Gilbert Riley: I recommend homemaker these days.

1 hr

-> Gracias!

agree

Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes

1 hr

-> Gracias, Alejandro.

agree

Sylvia C Baker

2 hrs

-> Gracias, Sylvia.

agree

margaret caulfield

3 hrs

-> Gracias, Margaret.

agree

Penelope Ausejo

3 hrs

-> Gracias, Penelope.

agree

cmwilliams (X): or "homemaker"

6 hrs

-> Gracias.

agree

liz askew: "housewife" = this is what I am most of the time.

6 hrs

-> Gracias, Liz.

agree

Christopher Fitzsimons

7 hrs

-> Gracias, Christopher.

agree

Henry Hinds

7 hrs

-> Gracias, Henry.

agree

Remy Arce: homemaker is becoming very popular when filling job applications in the US

7 hrs

-> Gracias, and thanks for the extra input.

agree

patinba: , and also with homemaker

8 hrs

-> Gracias.

agree

Elin Davies: housewife for UK I think

11 hrs

-> Gracias, Elin.

agree

Marzia Nicole Bucca

11 hrs

-> Gracias!

agree

Louise Souter (X)

16 hrs

5 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): -2

domestic engineer

Explanation:
This is the most up-to-date, non-sexist way of expressing the term.

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 01:34
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 63

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

neutral

liz askew: BTW Housewives are intelligent people. I hope you are not inferring that they are not.

1 hr

-> It's about time they did, don't you think? After all, this is the 21st century and the use of gender-neutral terms gets rid of all those old-fashioned sexist terms (like "housewife ") which promote inequality, discrimination and antiquated points of view.

disagree

Christopher Fitzsimons: Sounds ridiculous! Sorry.

2 hrs

-> But it is what is used nowadays, at least in the United States, so as to not promote discrimination against women or men who take on that role-sorry.

disagree

patinba: Housewife, househusband, where's the sexism? You need a college degree to call yourself an engineeer.

3 hrs

-> One does not need a college degree to call themselves a "domestic engineer," but it does suggest they go about their work in an intelligent way. The sexism is is "-wife" and "-husband." Those terms are not gender-neutral/don't lend job its true status.

16 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

"homemaker"

Explanation:
Another option:

Homemaker is a mainly American term[1][2] which may refer either to:

the person within a family who is primarily concerned with the management of the household, whether or not he or she works outside the home[3]
a person whose prime occupation is to care for their family and/or home
The term homemaker is preferred by some to housewife or househusband because it is inclusive, defines the role in terms of activities, rather than relation to another or gender, and is independent of marital status. The terms stay-at-home mom and stay-at-home dad are also used, particularly if the person views his or her central role as caring for children. The euphemistic term "domestic engineer" has gone out of favor, being seen by some as satirical, as if to give a sense of mock dignity to a role held in low esteem by the speaker. Likewise, the term "housekeeper" has come to describe hired cleaning help, and is no longer used—other than in a derogatory way—to describe homemaking. In recent years, the term "house spouse" has gained popularity as a gender-neutral label for this position.

Traditionally the role of "homemaker" has been filled predominantly by women. Even to this day, homemaking is perceived by many societies as the natural role for women. In recent years there has been some political and societal backlash against feminist criticism regarding traditional roles for women. This backlash may be attributed to the recent decades' progress of the feminist movement and its implications on society, and may be compared to the backlash that took place in postwar America. The backlash could be seen, at least in part, in both the increasing prominence of "professional" homemakers such as Martha Stewart, and a rise in Evangelical Christianity which views traditional roles as being conducive to the stability of the traditional family unit and the people therein. However, homemaking is not always a lifetime commitment: many homemakers, for economic or personal reasons, return

Saludos :))

eski
Mexico
Local time: 23:34
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 525

2 days 13 hrs confidence:

House Keeper

Explanation:
The problem with "housewife" is that the term, however common, has the problem of being gender-specific, as well as to indicate a spicific marital status.

Hose Keeper (which has been selected by many local governments in the US as the official term), is politically correct as it does not indicate either gender nor marital status, and it has the advantage of being neutral and not demeaning in any way.

Hope it helps.

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Note added at 2 days13 hrs (2009-04-13 19:59:58 GMT)
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By the way, its 5.940.000 hits (yes, that's almost six million hits) for housekeeper, and 728.000 hits for house keeper (separate words).

Calimon
Costa Rica
Local time: 23:34
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

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