verb/apadɾiˈnaɾ/
to sponsor; to be a godfather (to)
Etymology tree Spanish a- Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr Proto-Italic *patēr Latin patr- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Early Medieval Latin patrīnus Spanish padrino Spanish -ar Spanish apadrinar From a- + padrino + -ar.