- mother
- 1. noun
1) (a female parent, especially human: John's mother lives in Manchester; (also adjective) The mother bird feeds her young.) madre2) ((often with capital: also Mother Superior) the female leader of a group of nuns.) madre
2. verb(to care for as a mother does; to protect (sometimes too much): His wife tries to mother him.) cuidar como una madre, criar- motherless
- motherly
- motherliness
- mother-country
- motherland
- mother-in-law
- mother-of-pearl
- mother-tongue
mother n madremothertr['mʌðəSMALLr/SMALL]noun1 madre nombre femenino■ a single mother una madre solteratransitive verb1 (care for) cuidar como una madre; (rear) criar2 (spoil) mimar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLmother country patria, madre patriamother figure figura maternalMother Nature la Madre nombre femenino Naturalezamother's boy niño de mamáMother's Day Día de la Madremother's help niñeramother ship buque nombre masculino nodrizamother's ruin familiar ginebramother superior madre nombre femenino superiormother tongue lengua maternamother ['mʌðər] vt1) bear: dar a luz a2) protect: cuidar de, protegermother n: madre fmotheradj.• madre adj.• maternal adj.• materno, -a adj.• matriz adj.n.• madre s.f.v.• ahijar v.• mimar v.• servir de madre a v.
I 'mʌðər, 'mʌðə(r)noun madre f; (before n)mother country — madre patria f
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transitive verb mimar
III
adverb['mʌðǝ(r)]mother naked — (AmE colloq) como Dios lo (or me etc) trajo al mundo (fam)
1.N madre fto be like a mother to sb — ser como una madre para algn
2.VT (=care for) cuidar como una madre; (=spoil) mimar, consentir; (=give birth to) parir, dar a luz3.CPDmother country N — patria f ; (more sentimentally) madre patria f
Mother Earth N — la madre tierra
mother figure N — figura f materna, figura f de la madre
Mother Goose N — la Oca
mother hen N — gallina f madre
mother love N — amor m maternal
Mother Nature N — la madre Naturaleza
Mother's Day N — Día m de la Madre
mother's help N — niñera f
Mother of God N — madre f de Dios
mother ship N — buque m nodriza
Mother Superior N — madre f superiora
mother tongue N — lengua f materna
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I ['mʌðər, 'mʌðə(r)]noun madre f; (before n)mother country — madre patria f
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transitive verb mimar
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adverbmother naked — (AmE colloq) como Dios lo (or me etc) trajo al mundo (fam)
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.