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Translate forefather from English to Spanish

Summary

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forefather:
- antepasado; patriarca
Wiktionary:
- forefather → ancestro, antepasado, ascendiente, predecesor
- forefather → antepasado, antepasados, abuelos, ascendiente

English

Detailed Translations for forefather from English to Spanish

forefather:

forefather [the ~] noun

the forefather (ancestor)
el antepasado
- antepasado [el ~] noun
the forefather (ancestor)
el antepasado; el patriarca
- antepasado [el ~] noun
- patriarca [el ~] noun

Translation Matrix for forefather:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
antepasado	ancestor; forefather	progenitor
patriarca	ancestor; forefather	ancestor; founder; patriarch; progenitor
-	father; sire

Related Words for "forefather":

forefathers

Synonyms for "forefather":

father; sire; ancestor; ascendant; ascendent; antecedent; root
predecessor

Related Definitions for "forefather":

the founder of a family¹
- keep the faith of our forefathers¹
person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group¹
- our forefathers brought forth a great nation¹

Wiktionary Translations for forefather:

forefather

noun

ancestor
- forefather → ancestro; antepasado; ascendiente; predecesor

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• forefather	→ antepasado	↔ voorvader — familie\|nld mannelijk persoon van wie een volk, een clan of een familie afstamt.
• forefather	→ antepasados; abuelos	↔ Ahn — gehoben, meist Plural: Vorfahr, (Plural) Vorfahren einer Gruppe oder eines Volkes
• forefather	→ antepasado; ascendiente	↔ ancêtre — famille\|fr Celui de qui l’on descendre par son père ou sa mère.

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