padrasto

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Galician

Alternative forms

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)

  1. stepfather

References

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)

  1. stepfather (husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father)
    Antonym: madrasta