padre

[ pah-drey, -dree; Spanish pah-thre; Italian pah-dre ]

noun

, plural pa·dres [pah, -dreyz, -dreez, pah, -, th, r, es], pa·dri [pah, -d, r, ee].

1. father (used especially in addressing or referring to a priest or member of the clergy).
2. a chaplain in military or naval service.

padre

/ ˈpɑːdrɪ /

noun

1. father: used to address or refer to a clergyman, esp a priest
2. a chaplain to the armed forces

Word History and Origins

Origin of padre¹

1575–85; < Spanish, Portuguese, Italian: father < Latin pater

Word History and Origins

Origin of padre¹

via Spanish or Italian from Latin pater father

Example Sentences

In an interview this week, Kyle Swanson, Padre Dam Municipal Water District’s new general manager, said there is positive progress toward a new deal.

From Voice of San Diego

In a May letter, Kyle Swanson, Padre Dam’s incoming general manager, disagreed with that estimate saying the analysis provides a “highly inaccurate picture” of the cost of their project to the rest of the region.

From Voice of San Diego

“Mireles is someone capable of moving the nation, and moving it toward justice,” says the padre.

From The Daily Beast

Padre Goyo has reorganized his CCRISTOS as more of a community service group, he says.

From The Daily Beast

“No, the church has to be on the side of the most disadvantaged, of the poorest, of the helpless,” the padre tells us.

From The Daily Beast

“I believe we are in the hour of the debacle of the institutions, they cannot be any more rotten,” said Padre Goyo.

From The Daily Beast

Padre Goyo, with his clerical collar and his bulletproof vest, is an icon for those fighting drugs and corruption.

From The Daily Beast

The Padre Manoel Gomez received us very kindly, and our pic-nic was spread in the ample veranda of his parsonage.

From Project Gutenberg

Padre Marchi first rejected this theory of construction, and the brothers De Rossi have completely refuted it.

From Project Gutenberg

The Padre Jose, who is the chaplain, is also the overseer of the estate; a combination of offices that I find is usual here.

From Project Gutenberg

This opinion, however, has been since refuted in an able monograph on the subject by Padre Garrucci.

From Project Gutenberg

"I am not mad, Padre, and I will trouble you not to employ such language toward me," the prisoner replied drily.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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