padre

Etymology

From Italian, Spanish, Portuguese padre (“priest”), from Latin pater (“father”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Noun

padre (plural padres)

1. a military clergyman
2. a Roman Catholic or Anglican priest

Anagrams

• drape, dreap, pared, raped

Etymology

Fro Latin pater, patrem.

Noun

padre (plural padres)

1. father

Alternative forms

• padreh

Etymology

From Spanish padre (“father, priest”), from Latin pater.

Noun

pādre

1. a Christian priest

References

• Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, page 229.

Etymology

From Old Portuguese padre, from Latin patrem, accusative singular of pater (“father”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Noun

padre m (plural padres)

1. father

   Synonym: pai

2. priest (Catholic or Orthodox)

Etymology

From Old Italian patre, from Latin patrem, accusative form of pater, from Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.dre/, [ˈpäːd̪r̺e̞]

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• Rhymes: -adre
• Stress: pàdre
• Hyphenation: pa‧dre

Noun

padre m (plural padri)

1. father

See also

• (regional) babbo
• genitore
• madre
• papà

Further reading

• padre in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti
• padre in Collins Italian-English Dictionary

Anagrams

• perda, preda

Noun

padre m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling פאדרי‎)

1. father

Etymology

From Latin patrem, accusative singular of pater (“father”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.d̪ɾe/

Noun

padre m (plural padres, feminine madre, feminine plural madres)

1. father
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 4 (facsimile):

     Eſta e como Santa maria guardou ao fillo do judeu que non ardeſſe que ſeu padre deitara no forno.

     This one is (about) how Holy Mary protected from being burnt the son of the Jew whose father had lain him in the furnace.

Etymology

From Old Portuguese padre (“father”), from Latin pater, patrem (“father”), from Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ðɾɨ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.dɾi/
  • (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.dɾe/
• Hyphenation: pa‧dre

Noun

padre m (plural padres)

1. (ecclesiastical) priest (Christian clergyman who performs masses)
2. (archaic) father (male parent)

   Synonyms: pai, papai

See also

• pastor
• reverendo
• madre

Etymology

From Latin patrem, singular accusative of pater, patris, from Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpadɾe/, [ˈpaðɾe]

Noun

padre m (plural padres)

1. (family) father

   Synonyms: papá, progenitor

2. (religion) father

   Synonyms: cura, sacerdote

Adjective

padre (plural padres) (superlative padrísimo)

1. (Mexico, slang) cool, acceptable, easy

Further reading

• “padre” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Anagrams

• pared, preda

Alternative forms

• padri, padiri

Etymology

From Portuguese padre.

Noun

padre (ma class, plural mapadre)

1. Catholic priest