father

[US]/'fɑːðə/
[UK]/'fɑðɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. pai, ancestral, predecessor
vt. inventar, estabelecer, agir como o pai
Word Forms
Pluralfathers
Gerúndiofathering
Passado simplesfathered
Particípio passadofathered
Terceira pessoa do singularfathers

Phrases & Collocations

my father

meu pai

father figure

figura paterna

fatherhood

pai

fatherly advice

conselho paterno

father-daughter relationship

relação pai-filha

father christmas

Papai Noel

father and daughter

pai e filha

holy father

pai santo

founding father

pai fundador

biological father

pai biológico

foster father

pai adotivo

adoptive father

pai adotivo

Example Sentences

father was not well.

o pai não estava bem.

the father of science

o pai da ciência

intercede with the father for the daughter

interceda com o pai pela filha

The child is father of the man.; The child is father to the man.

O filho é o pai do homem; O filho é pai do homem.

My father was an expert marksman.

Meu pai era um excelente atirador.

His father was a philanthropist.

O pai dele era um filantropo.

She and her father favor.

Ela e o pai dela favorecem.

His father is a chimney sweeper.

O pai dele é um varredor de chaminés.

Vincent’s father is a tribal chief.

O pai de Vincent é um chefe tribal.

My father was well-read in history.

Meu pai era bem versado em história.

your father is dangerously ill.

seu pai está perigosamente doente.

the founding father of logical disputation.

o pai fundador da disputa lógica.

he fathered three children.

ele gerou três filhos.

her father had a will of iron.

o pai dela tinha uma vontade de ferro.

the father kept back £5 for himself.

o pai guardou £5 para si mesmo.

the putative father of a boy of two.

o suposto pai de um menino de dois anos.

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