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:	"Necesito arreglar la casa antes de venir mis padres."
R:	The correct way for this sentence is: "Necesito arreglar la casa antes de que vengan mis padres", or, "Necesito arreglar mi casa antes de que mis padres…

P:	Su choza sencilla es parte de la parcela de sus padres,
R:	a tall patch of corn is visible outside the window Su choza sencilla es parte de la parcela de sus padres, Nazario y Eustacia(,) y la ilumina…

P:	come puedo traducir "curso de educaccion para padres de famila"
R:	"certified parenting courses"

P:	¿Quién eres? ¿Quiénes son tus padres?
R:	> I think Laza was concentrating on the grammar more than on tildes. > > > No sé cómo mi padre está . or No sé cómo está mi padre. > > >…

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…