madrina

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish madrina.

Noun

madrina (plural madrinas)

1. An animal (usually an old mare), wearing a bell and acting as the leader of a troop of pack mules.

References

• madrina in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Arminda, Miranda

---

Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *matrīna, from Latin mater. Compare French marraine, Italian madrina, Occitan mairina, Portuguese madrinha, Spanish madrina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maˈðɾina]

Noun

madrina (plural madrines)

1. godmother

Related terms

• afiáu
• madre, ma
• padrín

 

---

Italian

Etymology

From madre or from a Vulgar Latin root *matrīna, from Latin mater. Compare French marraine, Occitan mairina, Portuguese madrinha, Spanish madrina.

Noun

madrina f (plural madrine)

1. godmother
2. sponsor
3. (nautical) woman who ceremonially names and launches a ship

Related terms

• madre

See also

• comare
• padrino

Anagrams

• andarmi, mandria, miranda, rimanda

---

Spanish

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin root *matrīna, from Latin mater. Compare French marraine, Italian madrina, Occitan mairina, Portuguese madrinha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈdɾina/, [maˈðɾina]
• Rhymes: -ina

Noun

madrina f (plural madrinas)

1. godmother

Derived terms

• amadrinar
• hada madrina

Related terms

• madre
• padrino

See also

• comadre
• ahijado

Further reading

• “madrina” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.