padrona — meaning in English

English meaning

• master noun A person with exceptional skill or deep expertise in something.
• mistress noun A woman having an ongoing romantic or sexual relationship with a man who is married to someone else.

Senses

padrona is used for these senses in English:

• master The owner of an animal or slave.
• mistress A dominatrix.

master — full definition

1. noun A person with exceptional skill or deep expertise in something.
2. noun Someone with authority or control over other people, animals, or things.
3. noun A postgraduate degree, or someone holding one.
4. verb To gain complete skill or control over something.
5. adjective Main or most important; controlling all the rest.

mistress — full definition

1. noun A woman having an ongoing romantic or sexual relationship with a man who is married to someone else.
2. noun A woman in a position of authority or control, or the female head of a household.

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