English

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

• Miranda

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maˈðɾina]

Etymology

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

Noun

madrina ‎(plural madrines)

1. godmother

Related terms

• madre, ma
• padrín
• afiáu

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

• 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): /maˈdri.na/, [maˈðɾi.na]
• Rhymes: -ina

Noun

madrina f ‎(plural madrinas)

1. godmother

Related terms

• madre
• padrino m
• ahijado m