"madrina" meaning in Spanish

See madrina in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /maˈdɾina/, [maˈð̞ɾi.na] Forms: madrinas [plural]
Rhymes: -ina Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr Proto-Italic *mātēr Latin mātr Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin īna Early Medieval Latin mātrīna Spanish madrina Inherited from Early Medieval Latin mātrīna, from Latin mātr + īna. Compare Portuguese madrinha. By surface analysis, madre + -ina. Etymology templates: {{ety|es|:inh|la-eme:mātrīna|text=2|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr Proto-Italic *mātēr Latin mātr Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin īna Early Medieval Latin mātrīna Spanish madrina [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*mātēr", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "mater", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "alt" : "īna", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectives of materials", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal adjectives", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-nós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-iHnos", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-īnos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-inus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Early Medieval Latin", "term" : "mātrīna", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-eme" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "madrina", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" }" data-lang="es" data-title="madrina"> Inherited from Early Medieval Latin mātrīna, from Latin mātr + īna., {{cog|pt|madrinha}} Portuguese madrinha, {{surf|es|madre|-ina}} By surface analysis, madre + -ina, {{ety|es|:inh|la-eme:mātrīna|text=2|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr Proto-Italic *mātēr Latin mātr Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin īna Early Medieval Latin mātrīna Spanish madrina Inherited from Early Medieval Latin mātrīna, from Latin mātr + īna. Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} madrina f (plural madrinas)
  1. godmother Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-madrina-es-noun-hE1GOM7y Categories (other): Horses Disambiguation of Horses: 44 31 25
  2. bell-mare Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-madrina-es-noun-bFzBAGT7
  3. (Mexico) euphemistic form of madriza (“beating, bashing”) Tags: Mexico, euphemistic, feminine, form-of Form of: madriza (extra: beating, bashing)
    Sense id: en-madrina-es-noun-s5DZQi5t Categories (other): Mexican Spanish, Spanish euphemisms, Pages using etymon with no ID, Spanish entries with etymology texts, Spanish entries with etymology trees, Spanish entries with etymon, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish terms suffixed with -ina Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 17 17 15 7 7 15 7 2 14 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymology texts: 29 9 62 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymology trees: 29 9 62 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymon: 26 7 68 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 20 16 64 Disambiguation of Spanish terms suffixed with -ina: 30 8 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: hada madrina (alt: charactonym) Derived forms: amadrinar, hada madrina Related terms: madre, padrino, ahijado, comadre

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "amadrinar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "hada madrina"
    }
  ],
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    [
      "*méh₂tēr",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/méh₂tēr#Proto-Indo-European:_mother"
    ],
    [
      "*mātēr",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/mātēr#Proto-Italic:_mother"
    ],
    [
      "mātr",
      "mater#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "*-nós",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-nós#Proto-Indo-European:_verbal_adjectives"
    ],
    [
      "*-iHnos",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-iHnos#Proto-Indo-European:_adjectives_of_materials"
    ],
    [
      "*-īnos",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-īnos"
    ],
    [
      "īna",
      "-inus#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "mātrīna",
      "matrina#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "mātrīna",
      "matrina#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "mātr",
      "mater#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "īna",
      "-inus#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "madrinha",
      "madrinha#Portuguese"
    ],
    [
      "madre",
      "madre#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "-ina",
      "-ina#Spanish"
    ]
  ],
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        "2": "madre",
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    },
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "madrinas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ma‧dri‧na"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ma‧dri‧na"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "word": "hada madrina"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "madre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "padrino"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ahijado"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "comadre"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "_dis": "44 31 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "Horses",
          "orig": "es:Horses",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "godmother"
      ],
      "id": "en-madrina-es-noun-hE1GOM7y",
      "links": [
        [
          "godmother",
          "godmother"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "bell-mare"
      ],
      "id": "en-madrina-es-noun-bFzBAGT7",
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        [
          "bell",
          "bell"
        ],
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          "mare",
          "mare"
        ]
      ],
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        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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          "parents": [],
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          "_dis": "17 17 15 7 7 15 7 2 14",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 9 62",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "_dis": "26 7 68",
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          "parents": [],
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          "_dis": "20 16 64",
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          "parents": [],
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        {
          "_dis": "30 8 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish terms suffixed with -ina",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "beating, bashing",
          "word": "madriza"
        }
      ],
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        "euphemistic form of madriza (“beating, bashing”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-madrina-es-noun-s5DZQi5t",
      "links": [
        [
          "madriza",
          "madriza#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
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        "(Mexico) euphemistic form of madriza (“beating, bashing”)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mexico",
        "euphemistic",
        "feminine",
        "form-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/maˈdɾina/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[maˈð̞ɾi.na]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ina"
    }
  ],
  "word": "madrina"
}
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    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
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    "Spanish countable nouns",
    "Spanish entries with etymology texts",
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    "Spanish entries with etymon",
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    "Spanish feminine nouns",
    "Spanish lemmas",
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    "Spanish terms derived from Latin",
    "Spanish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Spanish terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Spanish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *méh₂tēr",
    "Spanish terms inherited from Early Medieval Latin",
    "Spanish terms suffixed with -ina",
    "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "es:Horses"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "amadrinar"
    },
    {
      "word": "hada madrina"
    }
  ],
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      "*méh₂tēr",
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    ],
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      "*mātēr",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/mātēr#Proto-Italic:_mother"
    ],
    [
      "mātr",
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    ],
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    ],
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    ],
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      "īna",
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      "mātrīna",
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    ],
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    ],
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      "īna",
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    ],
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      "madrinha",
      "madrinha#Portuguese"
    ],
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      "madre",
      "madre#Spanish"
    ],
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      "-ina",
      "-ina#Spanish"
    ]
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      "name": "ety"
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      },
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    },
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "madrinas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ma‧dri‧na"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ma‧dri‧na"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "alt": "charactonym",
      "word": "hada madrina"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "madre"
    },
    {
      "word": "padrino"
    },
    {
      "word": "ahijado"
    },
    {
      "word": "comadre"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "godmother"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "godmother",
          "godmother"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bell-mare"
      ],
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        [
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        ],
        [
          "mare",
          "mare"
        ]
      ],
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        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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      ],
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          "word": "madriza"
        }
      ],
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        "euphemistic form of madriza (“beating, bashing”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "madriza",
          "madriza#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
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        "(Mexico) euphemistic form of madriza (“beating, bashing”)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mexico",
        "euphemistic",
        "feminine",
        "form-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/maˈdɾina/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[maˈð̞ɾi.na]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ina"
    }
  ],
  "word": "madrina"
}

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