los padres de la patria

padre de familia — family man; (Jur) head of a household

¡mi padre! — you don't say! *

¡tu padre! — up yours! **

darse una vida padre — to live the life of Riley *

me di or me llevé un susto padre — I got a hell of a fright (colloq)

un escándalo padre — an almighty o a terrible fuss

de padre y (muy) señor mío — terrible (colloq)

no tener padre ni madre, ni perrito que le ladre — to be all alone in the world

me di or me llevé un susto padre — I got a hell of a fright (colloq)

un escándalo padre — an almighty o a terrible fuss

de padre y (muy) señor mío — terrible (colloq)

no tener padre ni madre, ni perrito que le ladre — to be all alone in the world

Ex: A patronymic is the name derived from the given name of the father, often by the addition of a suffix.

por el amor al arte — hum just for the fun of it

hacer el amor a — (=cortejar) to court; (=hacer sexo) to make love to

¿qué tal andas de amores? — (fam) how's your love life? (colloq)

por amor al arte — (fam) just for the fun of it

por (el) amor de Dios — ( mendigando) for the love of God; ( expresando irritación) for God's sake!

tu amorcito está al teléfono — (fam & hum) your beloved is on the telephone (hum)

amor mío or mi amor — my darling, my love

¿qué tal andas de amores? — (fam) how's your love life? (colloq)

por amor al arte — (fam) just for the fun of it

por (el) amor de Dios — ( mendigando) for the love of God; ( expresando irritación) for God's sake!

tu amorcito está al teléfono — (fam & hum) your beloved is on the telephone (hum)

amor mío or mi amor — my darling, my love

Ex: The phenomena studied by disciplines may be either concrete entities, such as adolescent, motor car, dog or diamond or abstract ideas such as love, beauty or hate.

• morir ahogado — to drown

• morir ahorcado — [por un verdugo] to be hanged; [suicidándose] to be found hanged

• morir asesinado — [persona] to be murdered; [personaje público] to be assassinated

• morir de algo — to die of sth

morir de vejez o de viejo — to die of old age

• morir por algo — to die for sth

moría el día — liter the day was drawing to a close liter

las olas iban a morir a la playa — liter the waves ran out on the beach

y allí muere! — (AmC fam) and that's all there is to it!

hasta morir — (Méx fam)

la fiesta va a ser hasta morir — we're going to party till we drop (colloq)

cuando muere la tarde — as the day draws to a close (liter)

no te vas a morir por ayudarlo — (fam) it won't kill you to help him (colloq)

como se entere me muero — (fam) I'll die if she finds out (colloq)

por mí que se muera! — he can drop dead for all I care (colloq)

que me muera si miento — cross my heart and hope to die (colloq)

muérete! me caso el sábado — (fam) you'll never guess what! I'm getting married on Saturday! (colloq)

morirse DE algo: se murió de un infarto he died of a heart attack; morir de miedo/aburrimiento to be scared stiff/bored stiff; me muero de frío I'm freezing; me estoy muriendo de hambre I'm starving (colloq); es para morirse de risa it's hilariously funny; me muero de ganas de verlos I'm dying to see them (colloq); morirse POR algo/alguien: me muero por una cerveza I'm dying for a beer (colloq); se muere por ella he's nuts o crazy about her (colloq); morirse POR + INF — to be dying to + inf (colloq)

y allí muere! — (AmC fam) and that's all there is to it!

hasta morir — (Méx fam)

la fiesta va a ser hasta morir — we're going to party till we drop (colloq)

cuando muere la tarde — as the day draws to a close (liter)

no te vas a morir por ayudarlo — (fam) it won't kill you to help him (colloq)

como se entere me muero — (fam) I'll die if she finds out (colloq)

por mí que se muera! — he can drop dead for all I care (colloq)

que me muera si miento — cross my heart and hope to die (colloq)

muérete! me caso el sábado — (fam) you'll never guess what! I'm getting married on Saturday! (colloq)

morirse DE algo: se murió de un infarto he died of a heart attack; morir de miedo/aburrimiento to be scared stiff/bored stiff; me muero de frío I'm freezing; me estoy muriendo de hambre I'm starving (colloq); es para morirse de risa it's hilariously funny; me muero de ganas de verlos I'm dying to see them (colloq); morirse POR algo/alguien: me muero por una cerveza I'm dying for a beer (colloq); se muere por ella he's nuts o crazy about her (colloq); morirse POR + INF — to be dying to + inf (colloq)

Ex: I understand that Mr. Haykin was hoping to develop a code for subject practice, but he died and it was never done, so that today we lack a code.

su señora madre — esp Méx your mother

él no tiene madre — * he's a real swine *

esto no tiene madre — * this is the limit

salirse de madre — [río] to burst its banks; [persona] to lose all self-control; [proceso] to go beyond its normal limits

lengua madre — (Ling) parent language

una regañada madre — a real telling-off *, one hell of a telling-off **

estar hasta la madre de algo — (Méx fam) to be fed up to the back teeth of something

mentarle la madre a alguien — to insult somebody (by referring to his/her mother)

no tener madre — (Méx fam) to be shameless

ser un/una madre para algo — (Chi fam) to be brilliant at something

madre mía! or mi madre! — (my) goodness!, (good) heavens!

la madre que te parió! — (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) you jerk! (colloq), you bastard! (sl)

tu madre! — (vulg) screw you! (vulg), up yours! (BrE sl)

chinga (a) tu madre! — (Méx vulg) screw o fuck you! (vulg)

me vale madres — (Méx vulg) I don't give a damn (colloq) o (vulg) shit

estar hasta la madre de algo — (Méx fam) to be fed up to the back teeth of something

mentarle la madre a alguien — to insult somebody (by referring to his/her mother)

no tener madre — (Méx fam) to be shameless

ser un/una madre para algo — (Chi fam) to be brilliant at something

madre mía! or mi madre! — (my) goodness!, (good) heavens!

la madre que te parió! — (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) you jerk! (colloq), you bastard! (sl)

tu madre! — (vulg) screw you! (vulg), up yours! (BrE sl)

chinga (a) tu madre! — (Méx vulg) screw o fuck you! (vulg)

me vale madres — (Méx vulg) I don't give a damn (colloq) o (vulg) shit

Ex: Under WOMEN -- EMPLOYMENT, for instance, are listed works on the health and safety hazards of employment, the wages of employment, the problems of mothers, married and/or single women and employment, and so on.

¿qué le debo? — [en bares, tiendas] how much (is it)?, how much do I owe you?

como debe ser — as it ought to o should be

debería cambiarse cada mes — it ought to o should be changed every month

habrías debido traerlo — you ought to have o should have brought it

debíamos haber salido ayer — we were to have o should have left yesterday

deber + inf: debes decírselo you have to o you must tell her; deberías or debías habérselo dicho you ought to have o you should have told her; la trató respetuosamente, como debe ser he treated her with respect, as he should; no debes usarlo you are not to o you must not use it; no se debe mentir you mustn't tell lies; no deberías haberlo dejado solo — you shouldn't have left him alone

deberse a algo: se debió a un fallo humano it was caused by o was due to human error; todo se debe a que no estudia it's all due o down to the fact that she doesn't study; ¿a qué se debe este escándalo? — what's all this racket about?

cumplió con su deber — he carried out o did his duty

deber + inf: debes decírselo you have to o you must tell her; deberías or debías habérselo dicho you ought to have o you should have told her; la trató respetuosamente, como debe ser he treated her with respect, as he should; no debes usarlo you are not to o you must not use it; no se debe mentir you mustn't tell lies; no deberías haberlo dejado solo — you shouldn't have left him alone

deberse a algo: se debió a un fallo humano it was caused by o was due to human error; todo se debe a que no estudia it's all due o down to the fact that she doesn't study; ¿a qué se debe este escándalo? — what's all this racket about?

cumplió con su deber — he carried out o did his duty

Ex: Organisations often expect an information officer or librarian to prepare such abstracts as are necessary, in addition to performing various other information duties.

Ex: Even the same collection some years on will have altered, and the device, in order to remain effective, must evolve in keeping with the development of the collection.