La expresión del día: Patria potestad

Feminine noun. It is the set of rights, powers and duties that parents have over their non-emancipated children. The lexical phrase is ejercer/ejercicio de la patria potestad. E.g.: La propuesta del ponente es que los nombres de aquellos que tengan la patria potestad deben aparecer impresos en el pasaporte del niño: The rapporteur’s proposal is that the names of those with parental responsibility should be printed in the child’s passport. dc


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