Polyglot Dictionary

madrinha

/maˈdɾiɲɐ/

a noun B1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as madrinhas

Meaning

  1. godmother

    • Minha madrinha veio.

      My godmother came.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

madrina

madrina is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "godmother."

French

marraine

marraine is the French word for the same thing — both mean "godmother."

Practice

1 What does madrinha mean?

2 Fill the gap: Minha ___ veio.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches madrinha?

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