Polyglot Dictionary

madrasta

/maˈdɾastɐ/

a noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as madrastas

Meaning

  1. stepmother

    • A madrasta cozinhou.

      The stepmother cooked.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Stiefmutter

Stiefmutter is the German word for the same thing — both mean "stepmother."

Spanish

madrastra

madrastra is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "stepmother."

Practice

1 What does madrasta mean?

2 Fill the gap: A ___ cozinhou.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches madrasta?

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