padre

(drā, -drē)

noun

  1. father: the title of a priest in Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Latin America
  2. Informal a priest or chaplain

Origin: Sp, Port, It < L pater, father

Also Sp. padre
or It. padre

See padre in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. Father. Used as a form of address for a priest in Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Latin America.
  2. Informal A military chaplain.

Origin:

Origin: Spanish, Italian,

Origin: or Portuguese

Origin: , all from Latin pater, patr-, father; see pəter- in Indo-European roots

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