Pedro

English

Etymology

Spanish and Portuguese, given name. Doublet of Peter and Piers.

Noun

Pedro (uncountable)

1. An American trick-taking card game of the all fours family.
2. The five of trumps in certain card games.

Proper noun

Pedro

1. A male given name from Spanish or Portuguese, equivalent to English Peter.

Related terms

• Pedro Sancho
• Sancho Pedro

Anagrams

• doper, orped, pored, repod, roped

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Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Pedro, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ped‧ro

Proper noun

Pedro

1. a male given name from Spanish
2. (biblical) Peter
3. the first epistle of Peter
4. the second epistle of Peter

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Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Пётр (Pjotr).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpedro/, [ˈpe̞drŏ̞̥]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpedro/, [ˈpe̞d̥ro̞]
• Rhymes: -edro
• Hyphenation: Ped‧ro

Proper noun

Pedro

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Peter
2. (biblical) Peter (the Apostle)
3. (Christianity) Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (feast on 29 June)

Declension

Declension of Pedro (type 4/koivu, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	Pedro	—
genitive	Pedron	—
partitive	Pedroa	—
illative	Pedroo	—
inessive	Pedroos	—
elative	Pedrost	—
allative	Pedrolle	—
adessive	Pedrool	—
ablative	Pedrolt	—
translative	Pedroks	—
essive	Pedronna, Pedroon	—
exessive1)	Pedront	—
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

• (name): Petteri

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 393

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Pedro, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”), related to πέτρα (pétra) (compare pedra).

Alternative forms

• Pero

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.dɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.dɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.dɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.dɾu/ [ˈpe.ðɾu]

• Hyphenation: Pe‧dro

Proper noun

Pedro m

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Peter

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish Pedro, inherited from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”), related to πέτρα (pétra) (compare piedra). The lack of diphthongization is unexpected, but cf. Portuguese Pedro, with /e/ rather than /ɛ/.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpedɾo/ [ˈpe.ð̞ɾo]
• Rhymes: -edɾo
• Syllabification: Pe‧dro

Proper noun

Pedro m

1. Peter (biblical character)
   • 1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), rev., Marcos 3:16

     A Simón, al cual puso por nombre Pedro.

2. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Peter

Derived terms

• como Pedro por su casa
• pez de San Pedro