patroa
Portuguese
noun
Definitions
- wife; a female partner in a stable relationship
- a female boss
- (slang) sugar mama
Etymology
Suffix from Latin patrōnus (patron, protector, patronage, protection).
Origin
Latin
patrōnus
Gloss
patron, protector, patronage, protection
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- patronalis Latin
- patrōnus Latin
- Patron German
- Patrone German
- patrono Italian
- padrón Spanish, Castilian
- patrón Spanish, Castilian
- *peh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- padrão Portuguese
- patron Polish
- patron Old French
- patrone Old French
- patró Catalan, Valencian
- patrón Galician
- patroon Middle Dutch
- patron Norman
- padron Old Portuguese
- ბატონი Georgian
- პატრონი Georgian
- padrón Asturian
- paron Friulian
- paron Venetian