pai

(Inglés)

1. (masculine) father (male who sires a child)
2. (masculine) one's father
3. (masculine, plural-normally) parent (either a mother or a father)
4. (figuratively, masculine) father (the founder of a discipline or science)

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈpaj/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de latín: pater

Relativo a galego: pai

Relativo a aragonés: pai

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese pay < *pade, child-speech forms of padre, from Latin patrem, the accusative of pater (“father”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”). Doublet of padre.
Compare mãe (“mother”), which underwent a similar phonetic reduction from its root (Latin mater), and, in addition, was nasalized, perhaps because it was more frequently used than this word.
Cognate with Galician pai, Mirandese and Leonese pai and Aragonese pai.

Sinónimos

papai

👨‍👦

papá

👨‍👦

painho

mãe

👩‍🍼

genitor

progenitor

paternidade

elemento principal

ascendente masculino

principal

tronco

Frases

Tenho idade para ser seu pai .

I'm old enough to be your father.

O pai e a mãe eram do Sul .

His father and mother were from the South.

É muito parecido com o pai dele .

It's a lot like his father.

Meu pai está tão ocupado que não tem tempo para ler livros .

My father is so busy that he doesn't have time to read books.

Meu pai não fuma nem bebe .

My father doesn't smoke or drink.

Eu estava tão impotente quando vi meu pai chorando na minha frente .

I was so helpless when I saw my father crying in front of me.