Translation for "padre pobre" to english

Padre pobre

• poor father

Translation examples

poor father

Padre pobre es destino.
A poor father is destiny.

Mira, Jacques, ¿Qué tuvo nuestro padre pobre?
Look, Jacques, what did our poor father have?

- Qué malo tener padre pobre.
- Too sad to have a poor father.

He sido un padre pobre.
I've been a poor father.

Sin poder contenerme exclamé: —¡Qué desgracia es tener un padre pobre!…
Unable to contain myself, I blurted out, ‘Having a poor father is awful!’

Me parece todavía ver a aquellos padres pobres que, con sus mejores vestiduras, se sentaban en el patio del templo, soñando ambiciosos una vida mejor para sus hijos.
I can see these poor fathers now, squatting in the temple courtyard in their best robes, dreaming ambitious dreams for their sons, for whom they coveted a better existence than their own.