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paternal

English

  1. 🔊 characteristic of a father
  2. 🔊 belonging to or inherited from one's father
    “spent his childhood on the paternal farm”
  3. 🔊 relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent
    “parental guidance”
  4. 🔊 related on the father's side
    “a paternal aunt”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 paterno paternal
  2. 🔊 paternal paternal, fatherly

Similar words

parental maternal agnate agnatic adoring affectionate ancestorial ancestral concerned conjugal demonstrative devoted faithful fatherlike fatherly filial fond grandfatherly grandmotherly grandparental husbandly indulgent kindly languishing