padre
father
Father — the root of the English word "paternal"
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paternal
of a father
Padre means father and is the root of the English word paternal0 — a paternal0 figure is a fatherly one.
padre
father, dad
A man in relation to his children.
- Mi padre me enseñó a manejar = My father taught me to drive
father, Father (religious title)
A title for a priest or member of a religious order — just as in English, where you call a priest "Father."
- El padre Marcos dio la misa del domingo = Father Marcos gave the Sunday mass
father, founding father (founder)
A man who originates or founds something, like the father of a nation or movement.
- Cervantes es el padre de la novela moderna = Cervantes is the father of the modern novel
huge, tremendous (colloquial)
Used as an adjective in colloquial speech to mean very large or intense — like calling something a "big daddy" of its kind.
- Se armó un escándalo padre = A huge scandal broke out
padres
parents
The plural "padres" shifts meaning from "fathers" to "parents" — Spanish uses the masculine plural to refer to both mother and father together.
- Mis padres se conocieron en la universidad = My parents met in college