padre

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

/ ˈpɑ dreɪ, -dri; Spanish ˈpɑ ðrɛ; Italian ˈpɑ drɛ /

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noun, plural pa·dres

[pah-dreyz, -dreez; Spanish pah-thres], /ˈpɑ dreɪz, -driz; Spanish ˈpɑ ðrɛs/, pa·dri

[Italian pah-dree]. /Italian ˈpɑ dri/.

father (used especially in addressing or referring to a priest or member of the clergy).

a chaplain in military or naval service.

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Origin of padre

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

Words nearby padre

padlock, Padma Shri, padouk, Padova, padparadschah sapphire, padre, Padre Island, padrino, padrone, pad saw, pad stone

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How to use padre in a sentence

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.
East vs West Wastewater Wars Move Closer to Resolution|MacKenzie Elmer|June 17, 2022|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.
Wastewater Recycling Made Sewage Valuable. Now East County and San Diego Are Fighting Over It.|MacKenzie Elmer|May 31, 2022|Voice of San Diego
“Mireles is someone capable of moving the nation, and moving it toward justice,” says the padre.
Mexico’s Holy Warrior Against the Cartels|Jason McGahan|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Padre Goyo has reorganized his CCRISTOS as more of a community service group, he says.
Mexico’s Holy Warrior Against the Cartels|Jason McGahan|November 18, 2014|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.
Mexico’s Holy Warrior Against the Cartels|Jason McGahan|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“I believe we are in the hour of the debacle of the institutions, they cannot be any more rotten,” said Padre Goyo.
Mexico’s Holy Warrior Against the Cartels|Jason McGahan|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Padre Goyo, with his clerical collar and his bulletproof vest, is an icon for those fighting drugs and corruption.
Mexico’s Holy Warrior Against the Cartels|Jason McGahan|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Padre Manoel Gomez received us very kindly, and our pic-nic was spread in the ample veranda of his parsonage.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil|Maria Graham
Padre Marchi first rejected this theory of construction, and the brothers De Rossi have completely refuted it.
The Catacombs of Rome|William Henry Withrow
The Padre Jose, who is the chaplain, is also the overseer of the estate; a combination of offices that I find is usual here.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil|Maria Graham
This opinion, however, has been since refuted in an able monograph on the subject by Padre Garrucci.
The Catacombs of Rome|William Henry Withrow
"I am not mad, Padre, and I will trouble you not to employ such language toward me," the prisoner replied drily.
The Border Rifles|Gustave Aimard

British Dictionary definitions for padre

padre

/ (ˈpɑːdrɪ) /

noun informal (sometimes capital)

father: used to address or refer to a clergyman, esp a priest

a chaplain to the armed forces

Word Origin for padre

via Spanish or Italian from Latin pater father

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