madre
sustantivo femenino
| 1. | [generalmente]
mother
es madre de tres niños she's a mother of three madre adoptiva/de alquiler foster/surrogate mother madre biológica biological mother madre de familia mother madre política mother-in-law madre soltera single mother madre superiora mother superior la madre patria the motherland éramos ciento y la madre (familiar) there were hundreds of us there me vale madre (Méx & mfam) I couldn't givea damn o (UK) a toss ser la madre del cordero (figurado) to be at the very root of the problem |
| 2. | [poso] dregs pl |
| 3. | [cauce]
bed
salirse de madre [río] to burst its banks (figurado) [persona] to go too far |
madre mía
interjección
¡madre mía! Jesus!, Christ!
