madre

/ˈmadɾe/, [ˈma.ð̞ɾe]

mother


Noun madre f (plural madres)

  1. mother
  2. (figuratively) mother (source or origin)
  3. (Christianity) mother (nun)
  4. (hydrology) riverbed
  5. dregs (of a drink)
  6. (Mexico, colloquial, vulgar, slang) thing

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Examples
  • El mal humor de mi madre es fugaz.

    My mother's bad mood is transient.

  • La niña me señaló a su madre.

    The child pointed out her mother to me.

  • Soy como mi madre.

    I am like my mother.

  • ¿Quién conduce mejor: tu padre o tu madre?

    Who drives better, your father or your mother?

  • El anciano en la silla de ruedas me dijo que conocía a mi madre cuando era una adolescente.

    The old man in the wheelchair told me that he knew my mother when she was a teenager.

  • Ella es su madre real.

    She is his real mother.

  • Le ayudé a mi madre en la cocina.

    I helped my mother in the kitchen.

  • Mi madre hace las mejores tartas del mundo.

    My mother makes the best cakes in the world.

  • María demandó a su propia madre.

    Mary sued her own mother.

  • Él llamó a su madre desde el aeropuerto.

    He called his mother up from the airport.

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