madre

Meaning

1. (feminine) mother
2. (feminine,figuratively) mother (source or origin)
3. (feminine) mother (nun)
4. (feminine) riverbed
5. (feminine) dregs (of a drink)
6. (Mexico,colloquial,feminine,slang,vulgar) thing

Hyphenated as

ma‧dre

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmadɾe/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mātrem (“mother, matron”), from Proto-Italic *mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Compare English matron.

Sentences

¿ Qué pasa ? ¿ su madre ha perdido el coco ?

What 's wrong? Has your mother lost the coconut ?

Su madre falleció cuando tenía cuatro años .

His mother passed away when he was four years old.

Su madre niega las acusaciones .

His mother denies the allegations.

Pero su madre , Caroline, no estuvo de acuerdo y lo devolvió al bosque .

But his mother, Caroline, disagreed and returned him to the woods.

De ella se ha dicho que es " la madre de todas las zambas ".

It has been said that she is "the mother of all zambas".

Su madre y su abuela se encargaron de su educación .

Her mother and grandmother took care of her education.

Su madre es de ascendencia franco-inglesa.

His mother is of French-English descent.

Su padre , Thomas, era un londinense de ascendencia judía y su madre aborigen .

His father, Thomas, was a Londoner of Jewish descent and his mother an Aboriginal.