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Meaning of "padrone" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PADRONE

From Italian.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PADRONE

padrone  [pəˈdrəʊnɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PADRONE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Padrone is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PADRONE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

padrone

Padrone system

The padrone system was a contract labor system utilized by many immigrant groups to find employment in the United States, most notably Italian, but also Greeks, Chinese, Japanese, and Mexicans. The word 'padrone' is an Italian word meaning 'boss' or 'manager' when translated into English. The system was a complex network of business relationships formed to meet a growing need for skilled and unskilled workers. Padrones were labor brokers, usually immigrants or first-generation Americans themselves, who acted as middlemen between immigrant workers and employers. Transoceanic travel became more efficient and less expensive due to introduction of the steamship in the 1860s. This made enticements by labor agents attractive to individuals who were looking for better wages, but did not want to make The United States their permanent home. In the U.S., these self-styled 'birds of passage' were employed from the East Coast to the West Coast and from the Mexican border to the Canadian border. They worked for mining and railroad companies and agribusinesses; dug canals; and raised livestock.

Definition of padrone in the English dictionary

The definition of padrone in the dictionary is the owner or proprietor of an inn, esp in Italy. Other definition of padrone is an employer who completely controls his workers, esp a man who exploits Italian immigrants in the US.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PADRONE


canzone
kænˈzəʊnɪ
chitarrone
ˌkɪtɑːˈrəʊnɪ
chitarroni
ˌkɪtɑːˈrəʊnɪ
cicerone
ˌsɪsəˈrəʊnɪ
ciceroni
ˌtʃɪtʃəˈrəʊnɪ
crony
ˈkrəʊnɪ
drony
ˈdrəʊnɪ
Gaborone
ˌhæbəˈrəʊnɪ
gittarone
ˌɡɪtəˈrəʊnɪ
leone
liːˈəʊnɪ
macaroni
ˌmækəˈrəʊnɪ
maccaroni
ˌmækəˈrəʊnɪ
minestrone
ˌmɪnɪˈstrəʊnɪ
Moroni
məˈrəʊnɪ
Mulroney
mʌlˈrəʊnɪ
negroni
nɪˈɡrəʊnɪ
pepperoni
ˌpɛpəˈrəʊnɪ
pony
ˈpəʊnɪ
Squadrone
skwɒˈdrəʊnɪ
tony
ˈtəʊnɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PADRONE

paddywhack
padella
pademelon
Paderborn
Paderewski
Padishah
padkos
padlock
padma
Padma Shri
padnag
padouk
Padova
padre
Padre Pio
padroni
padronism
padsaw
Padua
paduasoy

WORDS THAT END LIKE PADRONE

ascend the throne
chaperone
corticosterone
crone
dehydroepiandrosterone
drone
epidendrone
estrone
irone
krone
ladrone
madrone
microdrone
norethindrone
progesterone
prone
rone
testosterone
throne
Tyrone

Synonyms and antonyms of padrone in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «padrone» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PADRONE

Find out the translation of padrone to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of padrone from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «padrone» in English.

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帕德罗
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

padrone
570 millions of speakers

English

padrone
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

padrone
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

padrone
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Padrone
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Padrone
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

padrone
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

padrone
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Padrone
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Padrone
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

元締め
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

왕초
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Padrone
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chủ quán
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

padrone
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पॅडरोन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

padrone
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

padrone
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

padrone
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Padrone
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Padrone
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

ιταλός εργοδότης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kapitein
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Padrone
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

padrone
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of padrone

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PADRONE»

The term «padrone» is quite widely used and occupies the 40.082 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PADRONE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «padrone» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «padrone» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about padrone

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PADRONE»

Discover the use of padrone in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to padrone and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Reinventing Free Labor: Padrones and Immigrant Workers in ...
If fear of padrones helped sharpen the moral focus of U.S. immigration agents, padrone activities also remained sufficiently clandestine for border officials to claim progress in their campaign against them. In 1 894 Stump asserted that the ...
Gunther Peck, 2000
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Imagining Italians: The Clash of Romance and Race in ...
Italians were sometimes depicted as slaves with at least two masters in the New World: the American boss on the job and the Italian boss—the padrone—who played the intermediary and managed many of the immigrant's material affairs.
Joseph P. Cosco, 2012
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The Ethnic Experience in Pennsylvania
See, for example, in addition to the work by Koren previously cited: Edward Everett Hale, "The Padrone Question," Review of Reviews, August, 1894, pp. 192 -193; S. Merlino, "Italian Immigrants and Their Enslavement," The Forum, April, 1893, ...
John E. Bodnar, 1973
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The Neanderthal Factor: A Murder Mystery
Someone had to go or it would look like the blue wall of silence again. Although there was no evidence to convict him, Padrone was pressured to take early retirement under a cloud of suspicion. Padrone was not guilty, but he knew who was.
Laurie Allison, 2012
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New Critical Approaches to the Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
describe the "big tortoise-shell" (94), and the way the maid carries the cat suggests that it is not only big, but long, as the padrone is big and tall. The tortoise-shell is both extraordinary and unique, as the padrone is both extraordinary and ...
Jackson J. Benson, 1990
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Autobiography of Mark Twain: Reader's Edition
asked the coachman's padrone (master), instead of asking somebody else— anybody else. He said thirty francs a month would be about right. I was afterwards informed that this was an overcharge, but that it was customary, there being no ...
Mark Twain, Harriet Elinor Smith, 2012
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Firearms Multimedia Guide
M.Padrone Over&Under Shotgun Color Pictures available on DVD. M.Padrone Over&Under Shotgun TechSpecs, Features, Prices and Color Pictures available on DVD. M.Padrone Over&Under 20/28 Combo Shotgun TechSpecs, Features, ...
Kresimir Mijic, 2010
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Italian-American Folklore
Apadrone and sotto-padrone (underboss) are chosen by drawing lots, cutting cards, or rolling a bocce ball at a pallino. The padrone orders a tray of drinks. He downs the first drink in a single gulp and offers the second to the sotto-padrone.
Frances M. Malpezzi, William M. Clements, 2005
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Immigrant Institutions: The Organization of Immigrant Life
Like the padrone in general, the firms induced labor immigration to some degree, supplied common laborers, supervised them on the job, offered remittance service, and exacted commissions and fees under many guises. They also furnished ...
George E. Pozzetta, 1991
10
The Collected Sicilian Folk and Fairy Tales of Giuseppe Pitr
The padrone agreed, and they began to play, and Pietro won. The padrone was annoyed and said, “Let's bet twenty-four cows!” They played, and Pietro won. “ Forty-eight against forty-eight!” In short, in one night Pietro won all the cows that the ...
Jack Zipes, Joseph Russo, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PADRONE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term padrone is used in the context of the following news items.
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Tennis Europe: splende Delai, Chiericoni e Sacco espugnano Malta
Netta affermazione del padrone di casa Alexander Zgirovsky, numero 1 del seeding, che travolge 6-2 6-1 la seconda testa di serie, il russo ... «Spazio Tennis - Il blog sul tennis di Alessandro Nizegorodcew, Jul 15»
2
Emmy 2015, le nomination: in testa Game of Thrones e l'HBO
C'era da aspettarselo: difficile simulare davvero sorpresa davanti alle nomination degli Emmy 2015, in cui Game of Thrones la fa da padrone ... «GQ.com, Jul 15»
3
Nuovo manto, slittano i lavori Saleri a rischio «esaurimento»
Ma nel frattempo c'è un'altra stagione all'orizzonte, fitta di impegni e con due squadre a giocare sullo stesso terreno: l'Ac Lumezzane, padrone ... «Brescia Oggi, Jul 15»
4
Video/ Inter-Carpi (risultato finale 4-2): gol e highlights dell …
Per il francese, già padrone del centrocampo, il voto è tra il 6,5 ed il 7: intraprendenza, carattere e grande padronanza, pur in un contesto che ... «Il Sussidiario.net, Jul 15»
5
Delrio in Valle Ufita: "L'Alta Capacità è realtà"
Padrone di casa, il deputato Luigi Famiglietti: “E' un bel risultati per tutti coloro che hanno creduto nell'Unione dei comuni dell'Ufita. Un livello ... «Ottopagine, Jul 15»
6
Visite notturne di Pompei e Ercolano: orari e aperture
Invece ad Ercolano sarà il Padiglione della Barca la farà da padrone, con una "fermata" presso un punto panoramico che consente di ... «FullTravel.it, Jul 15»
7
The Stacks: A DEA Agent at War with the War on Drugs
As chief aide to Roberto Suarez, the padrone of Bolivia, he did not relish drug activity, but embraced it as a necessary act of patriotism. Posing ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
8
Trenta chilometri al giorno per battere il diabete
Le quattro siringhe di insulina al giorno mi ricordano che non sono padrone della mia vita e che, probabilmente, non lo sarò mai. Nonostante ... «Ottopagine, Jul 15»
9
La Juve punta all'Oscar. Ma può riprendersi Berardi
Per la gioia della Juve che in un colpo solo troverebbe il tassello mancante e il nuovo padrone della maglia numero 10. «Oscar mi piace ... «La Stampa, Jul 15»
10
Il tennistaoperaio Simon alla sfida con Federer, l'amministratore …
Ora il tennista operaio è chiamato alla sfida con il “padrone”: Roger Federer. Il deuteragonista, l'addetto da catena di montaggio in tuta da ... «Ubi Tennis, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Padrone [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/padrone>. Apr 2024 ».
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