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wife meaning in Spanish

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wife [wives] (married woman)
noun
[UK: waɪf]
[US: ˈwaɪf]

esposanoun
{f}
She's my wife. = Es mi esposa.

mujernoun
{f}
I have a wife. = Tengo una mujer.

wife-beating question (loaded question)
noun

falacia de las muchas preguntasnoun
{f}

pregunta complejanoun
{f}

pregunta con trampanoun
{f}

wife carrying (Scandinavian sport)
noun
[UK: waɪf ˈkæ.rɪ.ɪŋ]
[US: ˈwaɪf ˈkæ.ri.ɪŋ]

cargar con la esposanoun
{m}

alewife [alewives] (Alosa pseudoharengus)
noun
[UK: ˈeɪˌl.waɪf]
[US: ˈeɪˌl.waɪf]

pinchaguanoun
{f}

alewife [alewives] (female publican)
noun
[UK: ˈeɪˌl.waɪf]
[US: ˈeɪˌl.waɪf]

cerveceranoun
{f}

taberneranoun
{f}

co-wife (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
noun
[UK: ˈkoˌwaɪf]
[US: ˈkoˌwaɪf]

coesposanoun

ex-wife [ex-wives] (a former wife)
noun
[UK: ˈeks waɪf]
[US: ˈeks ˈwaɪf]

exesposanoun
{f}

exmujernoun
{f}

fishwife (a woman who sells or works with fish)
noun
[UK: ˈfɪ.ʃwaɪf]
[US: ˈfɪ.ʃwaɪf]

pescaderanoun
{f}

housewife (female head of household)
noun
[UK: ˈhaʊs.waɪf]
[US: ˈhaʊs.waɪf]

ama de casanoun
{f}

husband and wife (husband and wife, see also: married couple)
noun

esposo y esposanoun
{m-Pl}

marido y mujernoun
{m-Pl}

midwife [midwives] (person who assists women in childbirth)
noun
[UK: ˈmɪ.dwaɪf]
[US: ˈmɪ.ˌdwaɪf]

comadronanoun
{f}
But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt had commanded, but saved the men children. = Pero las comadronas temían a Dios, y no hicieron lo que les había mandado el rey de Egipto, sino que dejaban con vida a los niños.

matronanoun
{f}
Mary is studying to become a midwife. = Mary estudia para hacerse matrona.

parteranoun
{f}

midwifery (the practice and science of being a midwife)
noun
[UK: ˈmɪ.dwɪ.fri]
[US: ˈmɪ.ˌdwaɪ.fə.ri]

parteríanoun
{f}

take a wife ((of a man) to marry a woman)
verb
[UK: teɪk ə waɪf]
[US: ˈteɪk ə ˈwaɪf]

tomar mujerverb