padrinho

 

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

• Hyphenation: pa‧dri‧nho

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)

• compadre
• padrasto
• padre
• pai
• paterno