Pedro

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Pedro, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”). Doublet of Peter, Piers, Pietro, and Boutros.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛdɹəʊ/, /peɪdɹəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛdɹoʊ/, /ˈpeɪdɹoʊ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛdɹəʊ, -ɛɪdɹəʊ
• Hyphenation: Pe‧dro

Pedro (uncountable)

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

Pedro

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

• orped, roped, pro-ED, Drope, repod, pored, doper

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

• Hyphenation: Ped‧ro
• IPA^(key): /ˈpedɾo/ [ˈpid̪.ɾ̪o]

Pedro

1. (biblical) Peter (leading Apostle in the New Testament)
2. a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Peter

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Pedro, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”), related to πέτρα (pétra) (compare pedra). The raising of /ɛ/ in Latin to /e/ is irregular.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpedɾo/ [ˈpe.ð̞ɾʊ]
• Rhymes: -edɾo
• Hyphenation: pe‧dro

Pedro m

1. (biblical) Peter (leading Apostle in the New Testament)
2. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Peter

Borrowed from Russian Пётр (Pjotr).

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

Pedro

1. (biblical) Peter (leading Apostle in the New Testament)
2. a male given name, equivalent to English Peter
3. (Christianity) Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (feast on 12 July)

• (name): Petteri

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

• Pero

Inherited from Latin Petrus, borrowed from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros).

Pedro m (noun)

1. (biblical) Peter (leading Apostle in the New Testament)
2. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Peter

• Galician: Pedro
• Portuguese: Pedro, Pero, Pêro (pre-1990 spelling)
  • → Kariri: Peró
  • → Kimbundu: Petolo
  • → Konkani: पेद्रु (pedru)
  • → Old Tupi: Peró, peró

• Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2025) “2557”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “Pedro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Pedro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

• Pero
• Pêro (pre-1990 spelling)

From Old Galician-Portuguese Pedro, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”), related to πέτρα (pétra) (compare pedra). The raising of /ɛ/ in Latin to /e/ is irregular.

• Hyphenation: Pe‧dro

Pedro m (plural Pedros)

1. (biblical) Peter (leading Apostle in the New Testament)
2. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Peter

• → Kariri: Peró
• → Kimbundu: Petolo
• → Konkani: पेद्रु (pedru)
• → Old Tupi: Peró, peró

Inherited from Old Spanish Pedro, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”), related to πέτρα (pétra) (compare piedra). The lack of diphthongization of the short stressed /ɛ/ in Latin to /je/, which would have yielded *Piedro, is irregular.

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

Pedro m

1. (biblical) Peter (leading Apostle in the New Testament)
   • 1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), Marcos 3:16:

     A Simón, al cual puso por nombre Pedro.

     And Simon he surnamed Peter; (KJV)

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

• Pidro — obsolete
• Piro — obsolete

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpedɾo/ [ˈpɛː.d̪ɾo]
• Rhymes: -edɾo
• Syllabification: Pe‧dro

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Pedro (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜇᜓ)

1. (biblical) Peter (leading Apostle in the New Testament)
2. a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Peter

• poder