patrono
Portuguese, noun/paˈtɾõ.nu/
patrono is spelled P-A-T-R-O-N-O (7 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 20,810th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Patrono is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “patron saint (saint who protects a specific place, group of people or profession)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “defensor, protetor, amparador”.
What does patrono mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepatron saint (saint who protects a specific place, group of people or profession)
- 2
masculinepatron (one who protects or supports)
- 3
masculinepatron (master who had freed his slave but still retained some paternal rights over him)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. defensor, protetor, amparador 2. santo titular de uma igreja, um povoado ou uma congregação
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 patrono
- patronos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce patrono?
- Brazil /paˈtɾõ.nu/
- Portugal /pɐˈtɾo.nu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is patrono in Portuguese?
patrono appears 2.2 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).