madre
mother
Reviewed by: David WestfallCofounder
A woman with children
Encoding Strategies:
linguistic
visual
maternal
of a mother
Madre means mother and is the root of the English word maternal0. A maternal instinct is a motherly one.
madre
mother, mom
A woman in relation to her children.
Mi madre me enseñó a cocinarMy mother taught me to cook
Su mamá lo llamó, pero él no contestóHis mom called him, but he didn't answer
Mother, sister (religious title)
The title given to a nun or the head of a convent, the same way English calls her Mother.
La madre Teresa dirigía el conventoMother Teresa ran the convent
Las madres del hospital cuidaban a los enfermosThe sisters at the hospital cared for the sick
mother, source (origin)
The thing that something else came out of.
La necesidad es la madre de la invenciónNecessity is the mother of invention
Esa decisión fue la madre de todos nuestros problemasThat decision was the source of all our problems