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1 mère adoptive
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4 madre adottiva
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5 осиновителка
adoptive mother* * *осиновѝтелка,ж., -и adoptive mother.* * *adoptive mother -
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8 madre
f.1 mother.es madre de tres niños she's a mother of threeAlicia va a ser madre Alicia's going to have a babymadre adoptiva foster mothermadre de alquiler surrogate mothermadre biológica natural motherla madre patria the motherlandmadre política mother-in-lawmadre soltera single mother2 bed.* * *1 mother2 (causa) root3 (monja) sister4 (del río) bed\ahí está la madre del cordero familiar that's where the trouble liesciento y la madre familiar the world and his wife, US everyone and his brotherde puta madre tabú brilliant, fucking brilliant¡madre mía! familiar good heavens!¡tu madre! tabú up yours!futura madre mother-to-bemadre adoptiva adoptive mothermadre alquilada / madre de alquiler surrogate mothermadre de familia mothermadre de leche wet nursemadre patria one's motherlandmadre política mother-in-lawmadre soltera single mothermadre superiora mother superior* * *noun f.* * *1. SF1) (=pariente) mothersu señora madre — esp Méx your mother
¡madre mía! — good heavens!
¡madre de Dios! — good heavens!
la Madre Patria — the Mother Country, the Old Country
madre soltera — single mother, unmarried mother
2) (Rel) [en convento] mother; [en asilo] matron3)- ni madre- ¡me cago en la madre que te parió!no tener madre —
él no tiene madre — * he's a real swine *
putoesto no tiene madre — * this is the limit
4) (=origen) origin, cradle5) [de río] bedsalirse de madre — [río] to burst its banks; [persona] to lose all self-control; [proceso] to go beyond its normal limits
6) [de vino] dregs pl, sediment7) (Agr) (=acequia) main channel, main irrigation ditch; (=alcantarilla) main sewer8) [en juegos] home9) (Anat) womb10) And dead skin, scab11) ** queer **, fag (EEUU) **2. ADJ1) (=de origen)lengua madre — (Ling) parent language
2)la cuestión madre — the chief problem, the central problem
3) LAm*una regañada madre — a real telling-off *, one hell of a telling-off **
* * *Iadjetivo invariable (Chi fam) great (colloq)II1)a) ( pariente) motherestar 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
b) ( en exclamaciones)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
c) (Relig) mother2)a) ( cauce)b) (Esp) ( sedimento) lees (pl), sediment* * *= mother, mama.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.Ex. My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.----* amor de madre = mother love.* Asociación de Madres y Padres de Alumnos (AMPA) = Parent-Teacher Association (PTA).* célula madre = stem cell.* célula madre adulta = adult stem cell.* célula madre embrionaria = embryonic stem cell.* célula madre hematopoyética = haematopoietic stem cell.* de puta madre = fantastic, wicked, swell, the dog's bollocks, the bee's knees, the cat's meow, the cat's pyjamas, the cat's whiskers, badass.* día de la madre, el = Mother's Day, Mothering Sunday.* madre adoptiva = foster mother, adoptive mother.* madre biológica = biological mother.* madre de alquiler = surrogate mother.* madre de nacimiento = birth mother.* madre en período de lactancia = nursing mother.* ¡Madre mía! = Good heavens!.* madre natural = birth mother.* madre naturaleza, la = Mother Nature.* madre o padre adoptivo = foster parent.* madre o padre biológico = biological parent.* madre o padre de nacimiento = birth parent.* madre o padre natural = birth parent.* madre or padre adoptivo = adoptive parent.* madre patria = motherland.* madre primeriza = new mother.* madre que se dedica a sus hijos = practising mother.* madres de alquiler = surrogacy.* madre soltera = unmarried mother, single mom, single mother.* madre superiora = abbess, Mother Superior.* madre tierra, la = mother earth.* madre trabajadora = working mother.* placa madre = motherboard.* planta madre = rootstock.* roca madre = bedrock.* * *Iadjetivo invariable (Chi fam) great (colloq)II1)a) ( pariente) motherestar 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
b) ( en exclamaciones)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
c) (Relig) mother2)a) ( cauce)b) (Esp) ( sedimento) lees (pl), sediment* * *= mother, mama.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.
Ex: My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.* amor de madre = mother love.* Asociación de Madres y Padres de Alumnos (AMPA) = Parent-Teacher Association (PTA).* célula madre = stem cell.* célula madre adulta = adult stem cell.* célula madre embrionaria = embryonic stem cell.* célula madre hematopoyética = haematopoietic stem cell.* de puta madre = fantastic, wicked, swell, the dog's bollocks, the bee's knees, the cat's meow, the cat's pyjamas, the cat's whiskers, badass.* día de la madre, el = Mother's Day, Mothering Sunday.* madre adoptiva = foster mother, adoptive mother.* madre biológica = biological mother.* madre de alquiler = surrogate mother.* madre de nacimiento = birth mother.* madre en período de lactancia = nursing mother.* ¡Madre mía! = Good heavens!.* madre natural = birth mother.* madre naturaleza, la = Mother Nature.* madre o padre adoptivo = foster parent.* madre o padre biológico = biological parent.* madre o padre de nacimiento = birth parent.* madre o padre natural = birth parent.* madre or padre adoptivo = adoptive parent.* madre patria = motherland.* madre primeriza = new mother.* madre que se dedica a sus hijos = practising mother.* madres de alquiler = surrogacy.* madre soltera = unmarried mother, single mom, single mother.* madre superiora = abbess, Mother Superior.* madre tierra, la = mother earth.* madre trabajadora = working mother.* placa madre = motherboard.* planta madre = rootstock.* roca madre = bedrock.* * *A1 (pariente) mothermadre de todos los vicios mother of all vicesahí está or ésa es la madre del cordero that's the root of the problem, that's the crux of the mattermentarle or ( Chi) sacarle la madre a algn to insult sb (by referring to his/her mother)2(en exclamaciones): ¡madre mía! or ¡mi madre! (my) goodness!, good heavens!, heavens!¡madre mía! ¡qué tarde se ha hecho! goodness! look how late it is!¡la madre que te parió! or te trajo al mundo! (fam: en algunas regiones vulg); you jerk! ( colloq), you bastard! (sl)3 ( Relig) motherla madre Soledad Mother SoledadCompuestos:surrogate motherbiological mothersurrogate mothermother( Méx) spider plant( AmL): la Madre Patria Spainmother-in-lawsingle o unmarried motherMother Superiorsurrogate motherB1(cauce): el río se salió de madre the river burst its bankstodo se salió de madre everything got out of hand* * *
madre sustantivo femenino
mother;
madre de familia mother;
madre política mother-in-law;
madre soltera single o unmarried mother;
madre superiora Mother Superior;
¡madre mía! or ¡mi madre! (my) goodness!, (good) heavens!;
me vale madres (Méx vulg) I don't give a damn (colloq) o (vulg) shit;
salirse de madre [ río] to burst its banks;
[ situación] to get out of hand
madre
I sustantivo femenino
1 mother: fue madre a los veinte años, she was a mother at twenty
madre adoptiva, adoptive mother
madre soltera, unmarried mother
2 (origen) root, mother: la pereza es la madre de la pobreza, laziness is the origin of poverty
4 (de río) bed
II exclamación ¡madre mía, qué tarde es!, good heavens, it's really late!
♦ Locuciones: familiar la madre del cordero, the crux of the matter
salirse de madre: Pepe se salió de madre, Pepe went too far
el concierto se salió de madre, the concert turned wild
' madre' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abandonada
- abandonado
- abismo
- ablandar
- abrazarse
- adoptiva
- adoptivo
- algo
- ánimo
- ascendiente
- calor
- ciento
- con
- cumplir
- desmejorada
- desmejorado
- desnaturalizar
- día
- disgustar
- ejemplo
- encargar
- entenderse
- envidiar
- estar
- estancada
- estancado
- franquicia
- hablar
- la
- malmeter
- marioneta
- martirizar
- mayor
- mentar
- negación
- origen
- padre
- preguntar
- profesar
- progenitor
- progenitora
- recado
- recordar
- reverenda
- reverendo
- solera
- soltera
- soltero
- tal
- tirar
English:
adjust
- after
- aloud
- apron
- assign
- belong
- best
- boy
- consent
- disappoint
- down-home
- exact
- fetch
- frown
- hip
- hit out
- infrequent
- its
- like
- likeness
- look
- miss
- mother
- mother-to-be
- overhear
- parent
- pretence
- pretense
- pride
- prone
- single parent
- surrogate mother
- talk
- uncle
- working mother
- doting
- fucking
- her
- his
- introduce
- my
- name
- our
- parenthood
- queen
- remember
- single
- surrogate
- their
- wish
* * *madre nf1. [mujer] mother;es madre de tres niños she's a mother of three;Alicia va a ser madre Alicia's going to have a baby;Fam¡madre mía!, ¡mi madre! Jesus!, Christ!;Fam¡madre mía, cómo llueve! Jesus o Christ, it's pouring down!;Fam¡mi madre! ¿y ahora qué vamos a hacer? oh my God, what are we going to do now?madre adoptiva foster mother;madre de alquiler surrogate mother;madre biológica natural mother;la madre naturaleza Mother Nature;la madre patria the motherland;Am [España] Spain;madre política mother-in-law;madre soltera single mother;la madre tierra earth mother2. [hembra] mother;la madre cuida de los cachorros the mother looks after the pups3. [religiosa] mother;la madre Teresa Mother Teresamadre superiora mother superior4. [origen] source;la pobreza extrema es la madre de todos los males de la región extreme poverty is the source of all the region's problems5. [cauce] bed;salirse de madre [río] to burst its banks;[persona] to go too far6. CompFameran ciento y la madre everybody and his dog o the world and his wife was there;Famser la madre del cordero to be at the very root of the problem;Méx Famdar a alguien en la madre to kick sb's head in;Méx Famde a madre: estoy aburrido de a madre I'm fed up to the back teeth;su casa está sucia de a madre her house is a tip o pigsty;me cae de a madre I hate his guts;Méx Famechar madres to swear, Br to eff and blind;Méx muy Fam¡en la madre! Br bloody hell!, US goddamn!;Méx Famestar hasta la madre [lleno] to be jam-packed;Méx Famir hecho madre to bomb along;Fam Méx Famni madre: no oye ni madre she can't hear a damn thing;Méx Fam¡ni madres! no way!;Am muy Famno tener madre to be a shameless bastard;muy Fam¡la madre que te parió! you bastard!;Esp Fam¡viva la madre que te parió! [en concierto, corrida de toros] we love you!;Méx Famestar de poca madre to be great o fantastic;Méx Famser de poca madre to be great o fantastic;Méx Famtener poca madre to be a swine;Méx Famser a toda madre to be a really great o nice person;Famser una madre para alguien to be like a mother to sb;Fam RP [malo] to be useless at sth; Méx muy Fam* * *I f mother;dar en la madre a alguien Méx fam hit s.o. where it hurts;sacar a alguien de madre fam insult s.o. (by saying rude things about his/ her mother);esa es la madre del cordero that’s the trouble, that’s the problem;¡madre mía! good heavens!;II adj Méx, C.Am. famgreat fam, fantastic fam* * *madre nf1) : mother2)madre política : mother-in-law3)la Madre Patria : the mother country (said of Spain)* * *madre n mother¡madre mía! good heavens! -
9 mère
mère [mεʀ]1. feminine noun• oui, ma mère ( = mère supérieure) yes, Mother2. compounds* * *mɛʀ
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1) ( génitrice) mother2) (colloq) ( femme)3) ( dans un couvent)
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(-)mère (in compounds)cellule/maison mère — parent cell/company
Phrasal Verbs:••* * *mɛʀ1. nf2. adj invmother modif* * *A nf1 ( génitrice) mother; elle est mère de trois enfants she is the mother of three (children); devenir mère to become a mother; elle est comme une mère pour moi she's like a mother to me; elles sont sages-femmes de mère en fille they have been midwives for generations; mariée et mère de deux enfants married with two children; retourner chez sa mère to go home to mother; les chiots et leur mère the puppies and their mother; la Grèce, mère des arts fig Greece, mother of the arts;2 ○( femme) la mère Michel old mother Michel; comment allez-vous, mère Colas? how are you, Mrs Colas?;3 ( dans un couvent) mère supérieure Mother Superior; oui, ma mère yes, Reverend Mother; mère abbesse abbess; mère Teresa Mother Teresa;B (-)mère ( in compounds) cellule mère Biol parent cell; maison mère parent company; plante mère Bot parent plant.mère adoptive foster mother; mère biologique biological mother; mère célibataire single mother; mère donneuse donor mother; mère de famille gén mother; ( ménagère) housewife; mère patrie motherland, fatherland; mère porteuse Méd surrogate mother; mère poule hum mother hen; mère du vinaigre Chimie mother of vinegar.il tuerait père et mère pour avoir qch he'd kill to get sth.[mɛr] nom féminin1. [généralementitrice] motherfrères/sœurs par la mère half-brothers/half-sisters on the mother's sidemère de famille mother, housewife2. (familier) [madame]4. (littéraire) [origine] mother5. CHIMIE6. TECHNOLOGIE mould————————[mɛr] adjectif féminina. [huile] first pressingb. [vin] bottoms (wine from the mother) -
10 madre adoptiva
f.foster mother, foster parent.* * *adoptive mother* * *(n.) = foster mother, adoptive motherEx. Foster mothers felt that they must provide constant supervision, both for the girl & the foster father-child relationship.Ex. Interviews were conducted with adoptive fathers, adoptive mothers, adopted children, birth mothers, and birth fathers across the US, about their experiences & relationships.* * *(n.) = foster mother, adoptive motherEx: Foster mothers felt that they must provide constant supervision, both for the girl & the foster father-child relationship.
Ex: Interviews were conducted with adoptive fathers, adoptive mothers, adopted children, birth mothers, and birth fathers across the US, about their experiences & relationships. -
11 madre
f mother* * *madre s.f.1 mother; (di animale) mother, dam: essere madre, to be a mother; è madre di due bambini, she is a mother of two; diventare madre, to become a mother (o to bear a child o to give birth to a child); è il ritratto di sua madre, she is the image of her mother; mia madre non è in casa, mother isn't in; salutatemi vostra madre, say hallo to your mother (o form. give my regards to your mother); è stata per me una seconda madre, come una madre, she was like a mother to me; fare da madre a qlcu., to be a mother to s.o.; (a un adulto) to mother s.o.; madre di famiglia, mother (of a family); senza madre, motherless; madre adottiva, adoptive mother; la rese madre, he gave her a child // zio per parte di madre, maternal uncle // madre terra, la gran madre, la comune madre, mother earth (o the earth) // madre natura, Mother Nature // prima madre, antica madre, Eve (o our first mother) // Santa Madre Chiesa, Holy Mother Church // onora il padre e la madre, honour thy father and thy mother2 (fig.) (origine, causa) mother, cause: la teologia era considerata la madre di tutte le scienze, theology was considered the mother of all sciences3 (eccl.) Mother: madre superiora, Mother Superior; reverenda madre, Reverend Mother; madre badessa, Abbess4 (anat.) mater: dura, pia madre, dura, pia mater5 (biochim.) madre dell'aceto, mother of vinegar6 (comm.) (matrice) counterfoil; stub: una ricevuta a madre e figlia, a counterfoil receipt; la madre di un assegno, the stub of a cheque◆ agg.1 mother (attr.): ragazza madre, unmarried mother; regina madre, Queen Mother2 (fig.) (che costituisce l'origine) mother (attr.); original, fundamental: idea madre, fundamental idea; teoria madre, original (o basic) theory // lingua madre, mother tongue // chiesa madre, mother church // (comm.) casa madre, head office (o parent company); (di ordini religiosi) mother house // (teatr.) scena madre, crucial scene; fare una scena madre per qlco., to make a song and dance about sthg. // (chim.) acqua madre, mother water (o liquor o lye) // (mecc.) vite madre, (del tornio) lead screw.* * *['madre]1. sfla madre di tutte... fig — the mother of all...
2. agg invmother attrcasa madre Rel — mother house
scena madre Teatro — principal scene
* * *['madre] 1.sostantivo femminile1) (genitrice) motherdiventare madre — to become a mother, to give birth to a child
da o per parte di madre on one's mother's side; i cuccioli e la loro madre — the puppies and their mother
2) relig.3) (matrice) stub2.2) fig. (che costituisce l'origine)cellula madre — biol. parent cell
•••fare una scena madre — to make a song and dance o a scene
* * *madre/'madre/I sostantivo f.1 (genitrice) mother; è madre di tre bambini she is the mother of three (children); diventare madre to become a mother, to give birth to a child; da o per parte di madre on one's mother's side; i cuccioli e la loro madre the puppies and their mother3 (matrice) stubII aggettivo2 fig. (che costituisce l'origine) lingua madre mother tongue; cellula madre biol. parent cell; scheda madre motherboardfare una scena madre to make a song and dance o a scene\madre dell'aceto mother (of vinegar); madre di Dio Mother of God; madre di famiglia mother; madre natura Mother Nature; madre patria → madrepatria; madre terra mother earth. -
12 mat|ka
Ⅰ f 1. (kobieta posiadająca potomstwo) mother- karmiąca/młoda matka a nursing/young mother- moja/jej/jego rodzona matka my/her/his own mother- czyjaś matka biologiczna sb’s/one’s birth mother- matka zastępcza a surrogate mother- przyszła matka a mother-to-be- wykapana matka the (spitting a. very) image of one’s/sb’s mother- samotne matki single mothers- zostać matką to become a mother- matka dzieciom a matron2. (samica zwierząt) mother- odsadzić szczenięta od matki to wean the puppies3. Zool. queen 4. Relig. (zakonnica) Mother- matka przełożona Mother Superior5. Gry a person who is ‘it’ in a game 6. pot. (zwrot do żony) mother żart.; (do staruszki) ma’am; mother daw.- matko, którędy do wsi? can you tell me how to get to the village, ma’am?7. Bot., Ogr. mother plant 8. przen. (źródło) mother przen. Ⅱ matka w wyrazach złożonych master attr.- taśma-matka the master tape- komisja-matka the master committee- statek matka Żegl. mother ship- matka mleczna przest. wet nurse- matka natura książk. Mother Nature- matka rodzaju ludzkiego Bibl. the mother of (hu)mankind- matka Ziemia książk. Mother Earth- królowa matka the queen mother- Matka Najświętsza Relig. Holy Mother- przybrana matka pot. foster mother, adoptive mother■ taki/taka jak go/ją matka urodziła żart. (as) naked as the day he/she was born; in his/her birthday suit pot.- matko! a. matko! jedyna! a. matko święta! pot. (good) heavens! pot., gosh pot.- o matko, ale się przestraszyłam! (good) heavens, that gave me a scare!- matko jedyna! co ty wyprawiasz! oh gosh, what do you think you’re doing?- być komuś a. dla kogoś matką to be a mother to sb- powtarzać coś jak za panią matką pot., iron. to parrot sth- sprać a. zbić kogoś tak, że go rodzona matka nie pozna pot. to beat the (living) daylights out of sb pot.- wdać się w matkę pot. to take after one’s mother- wyssać (coś) z mlekiem matki pot. to take sth in a. to imbibe sth with one’s mother’s milk- nadzieja jest matką głupich przysł. a fool has more hope than the wiseThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > mat|ka
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13 pomajka
f (za razl. od maćehe) foster-mother, adoptive mother I pomajka i poočim foster/adoptive parents* * *• stepmother -
14 analık
"1. maternity, motherhood. 2. stepmother, adoptive mother. 3. woman who acts as a mother to a child. 4. maternal love. 5. motherliness. - etmek /a/ to be a mother to; to mother. - sigortası maternity insurance." -
15 приёмная мать
1) General subject: adopter, foster-mother, fosterer, fostress2) Law: stepmother3) Sociology: adoptive mother4) Business: foster mother -
16 приемная мать
foster mother (foster-mother), adoptive motherДополнительный универсальный русско-английский словарь > приемная мать
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17 приёмная мать
foster mother (foster-mother), adoptive motherДополнительный универсальный русско-английский словарь > приёмная мать
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18 усыновительница
foster mother (foster-mother), adoptive motherДополнительный универсальный русско-английский словарь > усыновительница
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20 приёмная мать, подданная США
General subject: an American adoptive motherУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > приёмная мать, подданная США
См. также в других словарях:
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mother — I. /ˈmʌðə / (say mudhuh) noun 1. a female parent. 2. Aboriginal English (a term used to refer to one s biological mother and her sisters.) 3. a mother in law, step mother, or adoptive mother. 4. (a term of familiar address for an old or elderly… …
mother — n. & v. n. 1 a a woman in relation to a child or children to whom she has given birth. b (in full adoptive mother) a woman who has continuous care of a child, esp. by adoption. 2 any female animal in relation to its offspring. 3 a quality or… … Useful english dictionary
adoptive — a•dop•tive [[t]əˈdɒp tɪv[/t]] adj. 1) of or involving adoption 2) use acquired or related by adoption: an adoptive father[/ex] 3) tending to adopt • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME < MF < L a•dop′tive•ly, adv. usage: adoptive is customarily… … From formal English to slang