padre [ˈpɑːdrɪ]
padre [ˈpɑːdreɪ]
sustantivo
1capellán (m) (familiar) (military chaplain)
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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)
- Santo padre -> Holy Father, Pope
- padre espiritual -> confessor
- Padres de la Iglesia -> Fathers of the Christian Church
adjective invariable
3
incredible, tremendous
(informal) (peninsular Spanish)
- se armó el lío padre -> there was a terrible o huge fuss
- fue el cachondeo padre -> it was a great laugh
4
great (Mexican Spanish)
- está muy padre -> it's really great o fantastic
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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.
- ¡Mi padre -> no, indeed
- ¡Que lo haga su padre -> get someone else to do it
- Se llevó un susto padre -> he was frightened out of his wits
- Se pega la vida padre -> he lives like a king
- Tiene un éxito padre -> he’s a big hit
never!
padre
sustantivo:masculino
1 (progenitor) father; (Zoología) father; sire
lo quiero como a un padre I love him as you would a father; su señor padre your father; Gutiérrez padre Gutiérrez senior; the elder Gutiérrez
de padre y muy señor mío
una paliza de padre y muy señor mío an almighty thrashing; the father and mother of a thrashing
no tiene padre ni madre, ni perrito que le ladre he is (all) alone in the world
padre de familia family man; (Jur) head of a household
padre político father-in-law
padre soltero single father
3 (Religión) father
el Padre Las Casas Father Las Casas
padre espiritual confessor
Padre Nuestro Lord's Prayer; Our Father
Padre Santo Holy Father
padres de la Iglesia Church Fathers
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