different between madrona vs madrina

English

Noun

madrona (plural madronas or madrona)

1. Alternative form of madrone

Anagrams

• anadrom, mandora, monarda, roadman

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 *matr?na, from Latin mater. Compare French marraine, Italian madrina, Occitan mairina, Portuguese madrinha, Spanish madrina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma?ð?ina]

Noun

madrina (plural madrines)

1. godmother

Related terms

Italian

Etymology

From madre or from a Vulgar Latin root *matr?na, 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 *matr?na, from Latin mater. Compare French marraine, Italian madrina, Occitan mairina, Portuguese madrinha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?d?ina/, [ma?ð??i.na]
• Rhymes: -ina

Noun

madrina f (plural madrinas)

1. godmother
2. (Mexico) beating, bashing

Hyponyms

• hada madrina (charactonym)

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.