All encompassing

Question

I'm writing a paper and I'm having trouble with the idea of "all encompassing." I'm trying to end a sentence with "the all encompassing father." I think it might be "el padre que todo lo abarca," but that doesn't seem quite right to me.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I may be wrong, but as you have it written, encompassing is an adjective and it is really a verb form of encompass. I think a little word order change might help you. Again, I'm not positive of this answer.

the father, who encompasses all.
el padre, que abarca a todos.

Answer 2

Un padre en todo el sentido de la palabra is how I would convey your expression. Or:

Un padre integral.

Un padre completo.

Answer 3

el padre integral