mother

=

la madre

noun

mother
[ˈmʌðə(r)]
sustantivo
1. madre (f)
  • mother of six -> madre de seis hijos
  • mother's Day -> Día (m) de la Madre
  • mother country -> madre patria (f)
  • mother Nature -> la madre naturaleza
  • mother Superior (religión) -> madre superiora
  • mother tongue -> lengua (f) materna
verbo transitivo
2. mimar

mother [ma-dar]
sustantivo
1. Madre; también animal hembra que ha parido. (f)
  • Mother-in-law -> suegra
  • Grandmother -> abuela
  • Step-mother -> madrastra
2. Causa, origen, lo que produce algo; también, la persona que cuida de las más jóvenes y débiles. (f)
3. Religiosa, abadesa. (f)
4. Madre, tía, mujer vieja; término de aprecio. (f)
5. Instinto, sensibilidad de la madre. (f)
6. Madre, la materia más crasa del mosto u otro licor que queda en el fondo de las vasija (f)
adjetivo & sustantivo
adjetivo
7. Natural, nativo, natal, materno; vernáculo.
  • Mother board -> placa madre (Inform.)
8. Materno, nacional, metropolitano.
  • Mother church -> iglesia metropolitana
Mother-tongue, lengua madre o vernácula.
adjetivo & verbo neutro (intransitivo)
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1. Criar madre, como el vino u otro licor. (n)
va. Servir de madre

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