Pedro

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Pedro, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”). Doublet of Peter, Piers, Pietro, and Boutros.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛdɹəʊ/, /peɪdɹəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛdɹoʊ/, /ˈpeɪdɹoʊ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛdɹəʊ, -ɛɪdɹəʊ
• Hyphenation: Pe‧dro

Noun

Pedro (uncountable)

1. An American trick-taking card game of the all fours family.
2. The five of trumps in certain card games.

Proper noun

Pedro

1. A male given name from Spanish or Portuguese, equivalent to English Peter.

Related terms

• Don Pedro
• Pedro Sancho
• Sancho Pedro
• San Pedro Masahuat
• San Pedro Nonualco
• San Pedro Perulapán
• San Pedro Sula
• São Pedro do Sul

Anagrams

• orped, roped, pro-ED, Drope, repod, pored, doper

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Pedro, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ped‧ro
• IPA^(key): /ˈpedɾo/ [ˈpid̪.ɾ̪o]

Proper noun

Pedro

1. (biblical) Peter (leading Apostle in the New Testament)
2. a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Peter

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek πέτρος (pétros)

Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros)bor.

Latin Petrus

Old Galician-Portuguese Pedro

Galician Pedro

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Pedro, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”), related to πέτρα (pétra) (compare pedra). The raising of /ɛ/ in Latin to /e/ is irregular.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpedɾo/ [ˈpe.ð̞ɾʊ]
• Rhymes: -edɾo
• Hyphenation: pe‧dro

Proper noun

Pedro m

1. (biblical) Peter (leading Apostle in the New Testament)
2. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Peter

Derived terms

• Pedriño

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Пётр (Pjotr).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpedro/, [ˈpe̞drŏ̞̥]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpedro/, [ˈpe̞d̥ro̞]
• Rhymes: -edro
• Hyphenation: Ped‧ro

Proper noun

Pedro

1. (biblical) Peter (leading Apostle in the New Testament)
2. a male given name, equivalent to English Peter
3. (Christianity) Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (feast on 12 July)

Declension

Declension of Pedro (type 4/koivu, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	Pedro	Pedrot
genitive	Pedron	Pedroin, Pedroloin
partitive	Pedroa	Pedroja, Pedroloja
illative	Pedroo	Pedroi, Pedroloihe
inessive	Pedroos	Pedrois, Pedrolois
elative	Pedrost	Pedroist, Pedroloist
allative	Pedrolle	Pedroille, Pedroloille
adessive	Pedrool	Pedroil, Pedroloil
ablative	Pedrolt	Pedroilt, Pedroloilt
translative	Pedroks	Pedroiks, Pedroloiks
essive	Pedronna, Pedroon	Pedroinna, Pedroloinna, Pedroin, Pedroloin
exessive1)	Pedront	Pedroint, Pedroloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

• (name): Petteri

Derived terms

• Pedronaatto

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 393

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Pero

Etymology

Inherited from Latin Petrus, borrowed from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros).

Proper noun

Pedro m (noun)

1. (biblical) Peter (leading Apostle in the New Testament)
2. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Peter

Descendants

• Galician: Pedro
• Portuguese: Pedro, Pero, Pêro (pre-1990 spelling)
  • → Kariri: Peró
  • → Kimbundu: Petolo
  • → Konkani:

    Devanagari script: पेद्रु (pedru), पेद्रू (pedrū)

    Latin script: Pedru

    Kannada script: ಪೆದ್ರು (pedru)

  • → Old Tupi: Peró, peró

References

• Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2025), “2557”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “Pedro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “Pedro”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Pero
• Pêro (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek πέτρος (pétros)

Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros)bor.

Latin Petrus

Old Galician-Portuguese Pedro

Portuguese Pedro

From Old Galician-Portuguese Pedro, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”), related to πέτρα (pétra) (compare pedra). The raising of /ɛ/ in Latin to /e/ is irregular.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.dɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.dɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.dɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.dɾu/ [ˈpe.ðɾu]

• Hyphenation: Pe‧dro

Proper noun

Pedro m (plural Pedros)

1. (biblical) Peter (leading Apostle in the New Testament)
2. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Peter

Descendants

• → Kariri: Peró
• → Kimbundu: Petolo
• → Konkani:

  Devanagari script: पेद्रु (pedru), पेद्रू (pedrū)

  Latin script: Pedru

  Kannada script: ಪೆದ್ರು (pedru)

• → Old Tupi: Peró, peró

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish Pedro, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”), related to πέτρα (pétra) (compare piedra). The lack of diphthongization of the short stressed /ɛ/ in Latin to /je/, which would have yielded *Piedro, is irregular.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpedɾo/ [ˈpe.ð̞ɾo]
• Rhymes: -edɾo
• Syllabification: Pe‧dro

Proper noun

Pedro m

1. (biblical) Peter (leading Apostle in the New Testament)
   • 1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), Marcos 3:16:

     A Simón, al cual puso por nombre Pedro.

     And Simon he surnamed Peter; (KJV)

2. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Peter

Derived terms

• como Pedro por su casa
• pez de San Pedro
• San Pedro Garza García
• San Pedro Puxtla

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Pidro — obsolete
• Piro — obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Pedro, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpedɾo/ [ˈpɛː.d̪ɾo]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -edɾo
• Syllabification: Pe‧dro

Proper noun

Pedro (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜇᜓ)

1. (biblical) Peter (leading Apostle in the New Testament)
2. a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Peter

Anagrams

• poder