mother-of-pearl - English-Spanish Dictionary

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mother-of-pearl:

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mother mother-of-pearl

Pocket Oxford Spanish Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

mother1 /'mʌðər / || /'mʌðə(r)/ sustantivo
madre f;
(before n) ~ country madre patria f

mother2 verbo transitivo
mimar

mother: mother-in-law~-in-law sustantivo (pl ~s-in-law) suegra f;
motherland~land sustantivo
patria f

mother: mother-of-pearl~-of-pearl /'mʌðərəv'pɜ:rl / || /ˌmʌðərəv'pɜ:l/ n uncountable
nácar m, madreperla f, concha f nácar (Méx), concha f de perla (Chi);
Mother's DayM~'s Day sustantivo
el día de la Madre (el segundo domingo de mayo en EEUU y el cuarto domingo de Cuaresma en GB);
Mother SuperiorM~ Superior sustantivo
Madre f Superiora;
mother-to-be~-to-be /'mʌðərtə'bi: / || /ˌmʌðətə'bi:/ sustantivo (pl ~s-to-be) futura madre f, futura mamá f;
mother tongue~ tongue sustantivo
lengua f materna

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mother-of-pearl [mʌðərəv'pɜ:l] nombre madreperla, nácar
mother-of-pearl buttons, botones de nácar

Compound Forms:
den mother	n	US (female cub scout leader)	lobatera nf
Most of what the young scouts had been taught came from the tireless work of their den mother.
Desde hace cinco años Dolores es una de las lobateras del grupo scout de Calatayud.
			Akela nm
En el grupo scout Ashanti el primer Akela fue Nunu, después Raquel, y finalmente Santi.
den mother	n	US, figurative (sb who acts in manner of den mother)	mentor nm
Jack is the "den mother" of the office staff, always arranging little social gatherings or weekend volunteer work for us.
foster mother	n	(mother by temporary adoption) España	madre de acogida nf
My foster mother loved me as dearly as her own children.
		Am. Lat.	madre sustituta nf
mother cell			célula madre nf
mother country			madre patria nf
mother earth			tierra madre nf
mother figure	n		figura materna nf
mother goose			mamá ganso nf
mother language			lengua materna nf
mother lode			veta madre nf
mother love			amor materno nm
mother superior			madre superiora nf
mother tongue			lengua materna nf
mother's day			día de las madres nm
mother's milk			la leche de la madre nf
mother's son			el hijo de mamá nm
mother’s boy	n		nene de mamá nm
mother’s boy	n		niño de mamá nm
nursing mother			madre nodriza n
play mother			hacer de madre v
queen mother	n		reina madre
single mother	n		madre soltera
to my mother			a mi madre

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English:

mother

Spanish:

madreperla - nácar - concha

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