noun Meanings the father of someone's husband the father of someone's wife Translations Czech: tchán m Danish: svigerfar c Dutch: schoonvader m German: Schwiegervater m Hebrew: חם (Kham) m Indonesian: mertua laki-laki Interlingua: patre affin Italian: suocero m (1,2) Japanese: 舅 (しゅうと, shūto) Portuguese: sogro m Romanian: socru m Slovak: svokor m Tupinambá: menduba (1); atu'uba (t-) (2)