father
A. -noun
1. (generally) padre (m)
·to talk to somebody like a father
·hablar a somebody, someone en tono paternal
·to be passed on or handed down from father to son
·pasar de padre a hijo
·my father and mother
·mis padres
a. a father and mother of a row * una bronca fenomenal * or de padre y muy señor masculineío *
·like father like son
·de tal palo, tal astilla
2. ·Our Father
(religion) Padre Nuestro
·to say three Our Fathers
·rezar tres padrenuestros
3. ·Father Brown
(religion) (el) padre Brown
4. (figurative)
(=founder) padre (m)
·the father of English poetry
·el padre de la poesía inglesa
·the Fathers of the Church
·los Santos Padres de la Iglesia
B. -transitive verb
[+child] engendrar (figurative) inventar, producir
C. -compound
·Father Christmas -noun
(British, Great Britain) Papá (m) Noel
·father confessor -noun (religion)   confesor (m), padre or director
·Father'noun Day -noun Día (m) del Padre
·father figure -noun figura (f) paterna
·(Old) Father Time -noun el Tiempo