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 manejarMy 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 domingoFather 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 modernaCervantes 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 padreA 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 universidadMy parents met in college