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padre

Spanish, noun

padre is spelled P-A-D-R-E (5 letters) and appears 229 times per million words in written Spanish, the 362nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Padre is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “father, parent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Padre is a different word: “Father (a title for a Latin Catholic priest and also God the Father)”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Macho, animal o humano, que ha engendrado o adoptado hijos”.

What does padre mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinefather, parent

  2. 2

    masculinefather

  3. 3

    masculineteam that often defeats another team

adjective

  1. 1

    Mexicofemininemasculineslangcool, acceptable, easy

    Está padre esa madre.

  2. 2

    Spainfemininemasculineslangvery big, enormous, huge

    Se armó un escándalo padre.

pronoun

as Padre
  1. 1

    Father (a title for a Latin Catholic priest and also God the Father)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Macho, animal o humano, que ha engendrado o adoptado hijos. 2. Por extensión, animal macho destinado a la procreación. 3. Por extensión, ancestro de un linaje. 4. Por extensión, fundador de una institución, disciplina o sistema.

adjective: 1. De gran entidad o importancia. 2. Útil, gustoso o agradable en su género de cosas, estupendo.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of padre

  • padres plural
  • madre feminine
  • madres feminine plural
  • paire alternative
  • padrísimo superlative

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to padre

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is padre in Spanish?

padre appears 229 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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