Translation of paternal

Some idiot copied it from there and inserted it into our vocabulary builder. He is allowed to do it as long as he indicates that sentences where taken from another source and are for self usage only.
I had never heard the phrase before. In America, there are also different idioms than here in England. It seems that the Americans say it differently than we do here in the United Kingdom.
I owe it to my boss who allowed me to make many trips. In Argentina, I've been in many places, but unfortunately I have not seen enough of it yet. It is indeed a huge country, do you agree?