patrón

See also: patron, and Patron

Galician

Etymology

From Latin patrōnus.

Noun

patrón m (plural patróns, feminine patroa, feminine plural patroas)

1. master, boss
2. (figurative) head of household
   • 1889, Xulio Alonso Sánchez, O Chufón:

     Ó redor da lareira, na cuciña da casa máis chea do logar de Outeiro, xunta estaba a familia. O patrón sentado no escano cos pés fóra e por riba das zocas, quentábase, ó mesmo tempo que, cun forquito bandexaba os toxos, que dempois metía pra debaixo do caldeiro; a muller, sentada no chan, partía os cachelos pró caldo, ia herdeira, filla úneca daquel xuntoiro e xoia daquela casa, fiaba na roca os cerros, prá tea do ano.

     The family was reunited around the hearth, in the kitchen of the fullest house of the hamlet of Outeiro. The head of the household was sitting on the bench, his feet out and on the clogs, warming while he was shaking the furzes with a poke before placing them under the cauldron; the wife, sitting on the ground, was snapping the potatoes for the broth, and the heir, only child of that union and that home's jewel, was spinning the flax, for the year's cloth.

   Synonym: patrucio

3. patron
4. (nautical) captain; officer; master
5. pattern

Derived terms

• onde manda patrón non manda mariñeiro
• santo patrón

 

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “patrón”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “patrón”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “patrón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “patrón”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

• “patrón”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin patrōnus. Doublet of padrón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈtɾon/ [paˈt̪ɾõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: pa‧trón

Noun

patrón m (plural patrones)

1. patron
2. protector

   Synonyms: protector, valedor

3. boss, master

   Synonyms: amo, maestro

4. pattern

   Synonyms: diseño, modelo

Derived terms

• donde hay patrón, no manda marinero
• patrón oro
• santo patrón

 

Related terms

• patrocinar
• patrona
• patronato
• patrono

 

Further reading

• “patrón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28