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Meaning of prodigal son | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Someone who returns home from travelling or exile or who is welcomed back after disgrace, especially having repented of former extravagant or immoral behavior.
  2. A marine fish, the cobia (Rachycentron canadum).

Equivalents

Cymraeg mab afradlon
Deutsch Heimkehrer verlorener Sohn Zurückkehrer
Ελληνικά άσωτος υιός
Español hijo pródigo
Suomi tuhlaajapoika
Français fils prodigue
Gaeilge an millteán mic
Italiano figlio prodigo figliol prodigo
日本語 放蕩息子
Nederlands verloren zoon
Polski syn marnotrawny
Português filho pródigo
Русский блу́дный сын
Svenska förlorad son
Tagalog alibughang anak

Examples

“Here I am, the prodigal son The self proclaimed deprived Spending hours of fighting the peace When I should lay it on the line”
“Don’t look back in anger—Oasis, the prodigal sons of Brit-pop, is returning. After years of public feuding and subtweets and alleged battery with a cricket bat, the Gallagher brothers—Liam and Noel, obvs—are working it out on the remix, with a rash of 2025 summer dates announced on their website.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

prodigalism Prodigalities Prodigality Prodigally prodigalness Prodigals

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