A man with children
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paternal
of a father
Padre means father and is the root of the English word paternal0. A paternal 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
¿Tu padre trabaja aquí?Does your father work here?
father, Father (religious title)
A title for a priest or member of a religious order, just like in English where you call a priest "Father."
El padre Marcos dio la misa del domingoFather Marcos gave the Sunday mass
El padre Ignacio bendijo la casa nuevaFather Ignacio blessed the new house
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
Hipócrates es considerado el padre de la medicinaHippocrates is considered the father of medicine
huge, tremendous (colloquial)
Used as an adjective to mean very large or intense, like calling something the "big daddy" of its kind.
Se armó un escándalo padreA huge scandal broke out
Me llevé un susto padreI got a tremendous scare
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
Todavía vivo con mis padresI still live with my parents