English

Proper noun

Padre

1. (baseball) A player on the team the "San Diego Padres".

   Jones became a Padre as the result of a pre-season trade.

Anagrams

• drape
• dreap
• pared
• raped

Spanish

Pronoun

Padre

1. Father (a title for a Latin Catholic priest)

English

Noun

padre ‎(plural padres)

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

Anagrams

• drape
• dreap
• pared
• raped

Asturian

Etymology

Fro Latin pater, patrem.

Noun

padre ‎(plural padres)

1. father

Synonyms

• pá

Classical Nahuatl

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.

Galician

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
2. priest (Catholic or Orthodox)

Synonyms

• (father): pai

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpadre/, [ˈpäː.d̪r̺e]
• Hyphenation: pà‧dre

Noun

padre m ‎(plural padri)

1. father

See also

• babbo
• genitore
• madre
• papà

Anagrams

• perda
• preda

Ladino

Noun

padre m ‎(Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling פאדרי)

1. father

Coordinate terms

• madre ‎(מאדרי)

Old Portuguese

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.

Descendants

• Galician: padre, pai
• Portuguese: padre, pai

Portuguese

padres

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

• (father): pai, papai

Descendants

See also

• pastor
• reverendo
• madre

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpa̠.ð̞ɾe̞.], [ˈpa̠.dɾe̞.]

Noun

padre m ‎(plural padres)

1. (family) father
2. (religion) father,

Synonyms

• (family): papá, progenitor
• (religion): cura, sacerdote

Coordinate terms

• madre f

Hypernyms

• abuelo
• bisabuelo

Hyponyms

• hijo
• nieto

Derived terms

• compadre

See also

• esposo
• marido
• parentesco
• poca madre

Adjective

padre m, f ‎(plural padres)

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

Synonyms

• chévere, genial
• chido, guay (Spanish slang)

Anagrams

• pared
• preda

Swahili

Alternative forms

• padri
• padiri

Etymology

From Portuguese padre.

Noun

padre (ma class, plural mapadre)

1. Catholic priest