nounnoun

el consuegro

co-mother-in-law

Definition & meaning

Consuegro means the father of your son-in-law or daughter-in-law. It also describes the relationship between the parents of two spouses: each parent is a consuegro or consuegra of the other.

El padre de mi nuera es mi consuegro. — “My daughter-in-law’s father is my consuegro.”
Mis consuegros viven en otra ciudad. — “My in-laws’ parents live in another city.”

The feminine form is consuegra , and the plural forms are consuegros and consuegras .

Grammar & Word origin

Part of speech: masculine noun; it can also function as a masculine adjective.
Feminine: consuegra
Plural: consuegros
Structure: con- + suegro

The prefix con- conveys the idea of a shared or mutual relationship. The word is therefore related to suegro , meaning “father-in-law,” but refers specifically to the parent of one’s child’s spouse.

Synonyms & antonyms

There is no common exact synonym for consuegro. It can be explained descriptively as:

padre del yerno — “the son-in-law’s father”
padre de la nuera — “the daughter-in-law’s father”

Suegro is related but not a synonym: it means “father-in-law,” generally the father of one’s spouse, whereas consuegro refers to the relationship between the parents of spouses.

There is no direct antonym, since this is a kinship term.