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)

  1. godfather (a male godparent)
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