padrinho — meaning in English

English meaning

• godfather noun A man who sponsors a child's baptism and promises to help guide their religious upbringing.
• godparent noun A person who, at a child's naming ceremony or baptism, agrees to help raise the child, originally and especially in regard to their religious development.

Senses

padrinho is used for these senses in English:

• best man The primary attendant to the groom in a wedding ceremony.
• godparent A person who, at a child's naming ceremony or baptism, agrees to help raise the child, originally and especially in regard to their religious development.

godfather — full definition

1. noun A man who sponsors a child's baptism and promises to help guide their religious upbringing.
2. noun Someone regarded as a founding or guiding figure in a field.
3. noun Informal: the leader of an organized crime family.

godparent — full definition

1. noun A person who, at a child's naming ceremony or baptism, agrees to help raise the child, originally and especially in regard to their religious development.
2. noun A child's designated guardian in the case that the child's parents die.

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