Polyglot Dictionary

padre

/ˈpadɾi/

o 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
os padres

Meaning

  1. priest

    • O padre rezou.

      The priest prayed.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

sacerdote

padre is more colloquial, used as a direct address, "Father"; sacerdote is more formal or theological, a priest of any religion.

Similar in other languages

German

Priester

Priester is the German word for the same thing — both mean "priest."

Spanish

cura

cura is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "priest."

Spanish

presbítero

presbítero is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "priest."

Practice

1 What does padre mean?

2 Fill the gap: O ___ rezou.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches padre?

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