Madre: Mami
Padre: Papi
When I refer to them in English, I either call them parental units or "my mom" and "my dad".
Oh OK Sander
Well, it has become Damian's trademark, so we'll leave it to him ;)
If you're Don just accidentally using my name in the above post, I specifically should have said "Welsh English" in my previous post in this thread, yes, but the thing is that I tend to usually explicitly refer to English English simply because there is no such thing as a unified "UK English", except possibly in formal writing. For example, formal English English tends to be closer to formal North American English than either are to, say, Scottish English, and English English and Scottish English cannot be practically grouped together as some sort of "UK English", as much as some may refer to "British English" at times.
ZARAFA: This is especially for you then: ZARAFA - my first post to you - I hope you enjoy this Forum. Most of the time it's cool fun.
Actually, DAMIAN, we've communicated before. I'm travelling incognito.
ANDRE! ANDRE! ANDRE!!!! ANDRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A.....N.......D.......R........EEEEEEEEE!!!
Hee hee..bet that livened you up a wee bit!, laddie! You're nae the nervous type anyway I reckon. LOL
Take that mask off then, ZARAFA! Let me see if it's who I think it is....
I'm knackered...it's fair fornyawed I am tonight...off tae bed the noo.
Mask? No, that's for another "Z" animal: Zorro!
Sander, (late answer...)
In Spain people say madre and padre, you are right. But, in some other countries, we say mamá and papá always. "Madre" would sound awful.
We may also say, Tata, for dad.
Children say papi and mami or papito and mamita.
I say mama and tata to this day.
In Spain Tata is for sister or for nanny
<<Shouldn't ''mom'' and ''dad'' be capitalized. I thought they were supposed to be. Anyway, here in South Wales, we don't use ''Mom'', but use ''Mam'' in place of it.>>
As far as I remember we weren't taught to capitalize "mom" or "dad."
<<It's interesting that you oftem use ''mom'' and ''dad'' in place of ''mother'' and ''father''. I don't generally do that with ''mam'' and ''dad''. I use ''Mam'' and ''Dad'' only when talking about my own mother and father.>>
Oh ok, that is interesting. At least here, I rarely if ever say "mother" or "father." Even people that are of my mom and dad's generation still often refer to their parents or other people's parents as their "mom" and "dad."
mother - ima
father - aba