Spanish Meaning of father
padre
Other Spanish words related to padre
Nearest Words of father
- father brown => Padre Brown
- father christmas => Santa Claus
- father figure => figura paterna
- father longlegs => araña patona
- father of radio => padre de la radio
- father of the church => padre de la Iglesia
- father of the submarine => padre del submarino
- father surrogate => Padre de sustitución
- fathered => padre
- father-figure => figura paterna
Definitions and Meaning of father in English
father (n)
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
the founder of a family
`Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military
(Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom
a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization
God when considered as the first person in the Trinity
a person who founds or establishes some institution
the head of an organized crime family
father (v)
make (offspring) by reproduction
father (n.)
One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent.
A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor; a founder of a race or family; -- in the plural, fathers, ancestors.
One who performs the offices of a parent by maintenance, affetionate care, counsel, or protection.
A respectful mode of address to an old man.
A senator of ancient Rome.
A dignitary of the church, a superior of a convent, a confessor (called also father confessor), or a priest; also, the eldest member of a profession, or of a legislative assembly, etc.
One of the chief esslesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ; -- often spoken of collectively as the Fathers; as, the Latin, Greek, or apostolic Fathers.
One who, or that which, gives origin; an originator; a producer, author, or contriver; the first to practice any art, profession, or occupation; a distinguished example or teacher.
The Supreme Being and Creator; God; in theology, the first person in the Trinity.
father (v. t.)
To make one's self the father of; to beget.
To take as one's own child; to adopt; hence, to assume as one's own work; to acknowledge one's self author of or responsible for (a statement, policy, etc.).
To provide with a father.
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