padre

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sustantivo

padre

masculine noun

1. father (hombre)

de padre y muy señor mío (informal) -> incredible, tremendous
hacer padre a alguien (informal) -> to make somebody a happy man (peninsular Spanish)
padre de familia -> head of the family
padre político -> father-in-law

also:

padres -> parents; (hombre y mujer) ancestors, forefathers (antepasados)

2. father (religion)

adjective invariable

3. incredible, tremendous (informal) (peninsular Spanish)

4. great (Mexican Spanish)

padre [pah’-dray]

noun

1. Father. (m)

2. Father, the appellation of the first person of the Trinity. (m)

3. Male of all animals. (m)

4. Father, ancestor (antepasado). (m)

5. Source, origin, principal author. (m)

6. Father, one who acts with paternal care. (m)

7. Father an ecclesiastical writer of the first centuries. (m)

8. Father, the appellation of a religious man. (m)

9. Father, the title of a confessor. (m)

Padre de familia -> householder, housekeeper
Padre Santo -> the Pope
Padre nuestro -> the Lord’s prayer; the large bead in the rosary over which the Lord’s prayer is to be said
Padre espiritual -> confessor
Padre político -> father-in-law

noun, plural

10. Parents, the father and mother.

11. Ancestors.

12. The members of a religious congregation taken as a body.

never!


P:	Please Proofread: Un Presidente Como Mi Padre
R:	> LadyDi said: > ... to feel inspired and hopeful with respect to America... As an alternative (not a correction) "hopeful about America" which is a bit…

P:	estoy bien,uoy camino a puerto plata.yo te estrano mi padre esta mejorando gracias
R:	It is spelled incorrectly (I believe). Here is my translation: "I am well, I am going to Puerto Plata. I miss you, my father is improving. Thank you."…

P:	A mi madre la besa mi padre.
R:	> Natasha said: > That´s my understanding. (But at this point I´m almost afraid to use any terminology about those se verbs.) :-) > > Mark Baker said:…

P:	I was once told that the name Pepe derives from padre putativo (de Jesus) i.e.José.
R:	Pepe is other way to say "josé" But pepe is not a formal way to call somebody.

P:	Los padres? el padre? estoy confundida!
R:	There is no word for parent in Spanish, as far as I know. In plural, parents is padres, so you can say "uno de los padres" (one of the parents) to refer…