ahijado

Spanish

Etymology

From ahijar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aiˈxado/ [ai̯ˈxa.ð̞o]

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• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: ahi‧ja‧do

Noun

ahijado m (plural ahijados, feminine ahijada, feminine plural ahijadas)

1. godchild; godson

Coordinate terms

• madrina
• padrino

Participle

ahijado (feminine ahijada, masculine plural ahijados, feminine plural ahijadas)

1. past participle of ahijar

Further reading

• “ahijado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10