padrinho

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese padrinho, from Early Medieval Latin patrīnus (“godfather”), from Latin pater (“father”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”). Compare Galician padriño.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈdɾĩ.ɲu/ [paˈdɾĩ.j̃u]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈdɾĩ.ɲu/ [paˈdɾĩ.j̃u]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈdɾi.ɲo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈdɾi.ɲu/ [pɐˈðɾi.ɲu]

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Hyphenation: pa‧dri‧nho

Noun

padrinho m (plural padrinhos, feminine madrinha, feminine plural madrinhas)

1. godfather (a male godparent)
2. best man (the primary attendant to the groom at a wedding)
3. (Brazil, colloquial, used in the vocative, preceded by meu) A term of address for someone, typically a waiter

   Synonyms: amigo, chefe, major, comandante, grande, jogador, patrão

Related terms

• compadre
• padrasto
• padre
• pai
• paterno

Further reading

• “padrinho”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “padrinho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026