padre
adjectiveInformal
A Mexican Spanish slang term. Browse all Mexican slang.
What it means
Cool, great, nice. Interchangeable with chido in most contexts, and slightly softer — it is the version a parent is likelier to use.
Literally: Father.
Examples with translations
¡Qué padre tu departamento!
What a great apartment you have!
Estuvo padrísima la fiesta.
The party was absolutely brilliant.
Note: The superlative padrísimo is extremely common.
Where it comes from
An ordinary noun turned adjective of approval — the same move English made with 'ace' and 'boss'. The superlative padrísimo intensifies it, and qué padre is the fixed exclamatory form.
Other forms
- Spellings and variants:
- padrísimo
- Similar terms:
- chido, genial