madrasta

• madrastra

From Late Latin mātrastra (“stepmother”), from Latin māter (“mother”).

madrasta f (plural madrastes)

1. stepmother

• padrastru

• madrasca

Attested since circa 1300. From Late Latin mātrastra (“stepmother”), from Latin māter (“mother”). Compare Galician madrasta, Spanish madrastra.

• IPA^(key): [maˈðɾastɐ]

madrasta f (plural madrastas)

1. stepmother

• padrasto

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “madrasta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “madrasta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “madrasta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “madrasta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “madrasta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Late Latin mātrastra (“stepmother”), from Latin māter (“mother”), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Compare Galician madrasta, Spanish madrastra.

madrasta f (plural madrastas)

1. stepmother (wife of one's biological father, not one's biological mother)

   Antonym: mãe

2. (figurative) an evil woman

   Synonyms: bruxa, megera

   Antonym: santa

• padrasto

• madre
• materno

From madrastra with an elision of /ɾ/.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /madˈɾasta/ [mɐd̪ˈɾas.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -asta
• Syllabification: mad‧ras‧ta

madrasta (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇ᜔ᜇᜐ᜔ᜆ)

1. alternative form of madrastra: stepmother
   • 2005, Nestor De Guzman, Si Nora Aunor sa mga Noranian: mga pagunita at pagtatapat, →ISBN:

     Lumaki ako sa piling ng aking madrasta at ibang mga kapatid. May tindahan kami sa Tanauan. Madalas akong tumatao roon kapag walang pasok sa eskuwela. Sa mga oras na walang bumibili, nagbabasa ako ng mga inarkilang komiks.

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