padroeiro

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese padrom, padro (from patrōnus) + -eiro. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === padroeiro (feminine padroeira, masculine plural padroeiros, feminine plural padroeiras) (relational) patron protecting === Noun === padroeiro m (plural padroeiros) (Roman Catholicism) patron saint (figuratively) patron; protector ==== Synonyms ==== (patron saint): patrono (patron): patrono === Further reading === “padroeiro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “padroeiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026