apadrinhar
Portuguese, verb/a.pa.dɾĩˈɲa(ʁ)/
apadrinhar is spelled A-P-A-D-R-I-N-H-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 99,585th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apadrinhar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to godfather (to act as godfather to)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ser padrinho de”.
What does apadrinhar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to godfather (to act as godfather to)
- 2
to patronize (to support financially)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ser padrinho de 2. patrocinar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of apadrinhar
- apadrinho first-person present singular
- apadrinhei first-person preterite singular
- apadrinhado participle past
- apadrinhares infinitive second-person singular
- apadrinharmos first-person infinitive plural
- apadrinhardes infinitive plural second-person
- apadrinharem infinitive plural third-person
- apadrinhando gerund
- apadrinhados masculine participle past
- apadrinhada feminine participle past
- apadrinhadas feminine participle past
- apadrinhas indicative present second-person
- apadrinha indicative present singular
- apadrinhamos first-person indicative plural
- apadrinhais indicative plural present
- apadrinham indicative plural present
- apadrinhava first-person imperfect indicative
- apadrinhavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apadrinhar?
- Brazil /a.pa.dɾĩˈɲa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.pa.dɾĩˈj̃a(h)]
- /a.pa.dɾĩˈɲa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to apadrinhar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apadrinhar in Portuguese?
apadrinhar appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).