padrinho
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese padrinno, from Vulgar Latin *patrīnus, from Latin pater (“father”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”).
Compare Galician padriño, Spanish padrino, Catalan padrí, Occitan pairin, French parrain and Italian padrino.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pa.ˈdɾi.ɲu/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /pa.ˈdɾi.ɲo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐ.ˈðɾi.ɲu/
- Hyphenation: pa‧dri‧nho
Noun
padrinho m (plural padrinhos, feminine madrinha, feminine plural madrinhas)
- godfather (a male godparent)
Related terms
- padrasto
- padre
- pai
- paterno