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Galician
Etymology
From Latin patraster (“father-in-law”), from pater (“father”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paˈdɾasto/
- Rhymes: -asto
- Hyphenation: pa‧dras‧tro
Noun
padrasto m (plural padrastos)
- stepfather
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “padrasto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “padrasto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “padrasto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “padrasto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “padrasto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin patraster (“father-in-law”), from pater (“father”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”). Compare Spanish padrastro.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -aʃtu, (most of Brazil) -astu, (Southern Brazil) -asto
- Hyphenation: pa‧dras‧to
Noun
padrasto m (plural padrastos, feminine madrasta, feminine plural madrastas)
- stepfather (husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father)
- Antonym: madrasta