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padre

[pah-drey, -dree, pah-thre, pah-dre] / ˈpɑ dreɪ, -dri, ˈpɑ ðrɛ, ˈpɑ drɛ /








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He believes his bosses found out about his sexuality after he told a padre - a chaplain in the armed forces - that he was bisexual.

From BBC Feb. 19, 2024

At the Met as Idamante — another trouser role — she found clear paths between soft, somber tones and quicksilver intensity, her “Il padre adorato” commanding yet sweet, crystal clear and diamond sharp.

From Washington Post Oct. 13, 2022

And at the end, when she dies, she says, “Mio padre, addio!”

From New York Times Jan. 6, 2022

A tap of the heart from the padre.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2020

“Captain Balan,” said the peregrine, “it is rude to whisper. We will proceed to swear the new officer in. Now, padre, if you please.”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

The Valencia orange came here with the Spanish padres, the seeds planted in the San Gabriel mission garden around 1804.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2024

“But my parents … mi padres … they told me to learn English,” she explains.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 19, 2024

Brought to the New World by the Spanish padres, the pomegranate is a curious and beautiful fruit, an ancient symbol of birth and eternal life.

From New York Times Oct. 5, 2012

I want it to hold the romance of the Pilgrim fathers … the romance of the Spanish conquistadores and of the French padres.

From Slate Jun. 30, 2012

“Okay, mi amor. Your mom said there’s some picadillo in the kitchen. Tus padres won’t be back until later tonight. Eat, okay? Estás muy flaquito.”

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya

The stewards, most of whom understood a few words of English, readily grasped the fact that the padri was asking for help in a situation which they well knew to be desperate.

From The Captain of the Kansas by Tracy, Louis

We shook hands with our smiling friends among the padri, took leave of the archbishop, and then visited the studio of Padre Alessio, who had just finished a faithful and spirited portrait of monsignore.

From Venetian Life by Howells, William Dean

There!--this has done more to make me believe in a Providence than all the preaching of all the padri of Italy!

From The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet by Cooper, James Fenimore

Santa Maria!—what is it they are saying about Fra Paolo finding the die for making money that the padri left behind?

From A Golden Book of Venice by Turnbull, Lawrence, Mrs.




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