godfather
padrino
definition
noun
You can name just one godparent, or two godmothers or godfathers .
a male godparent.
the godfather of alternative comedy
a man who is influential in a movement or organization, through providing support for it or through playing a leading or innovatory part in it.
translation of 'godfather'
verb
apadrinar
noun
compadre,
padrino
example
A malign version of myself, more outrageous and more cunning, he became the 'godfather' and I the consiglieri of our two-man ‘mob’.
The film has rough edges to go with its scruffy surroundings, but most of it works and you can see the influence of indie 'godfather' John Sayles, for whom Kusama has worked as an assistant.
He remains close friends with Redgrave and is a 'godfather' to both his and Cracknell's children.
Milligan, who became known as the 'godfather' of alternative comedy before his death a fortnight ago, spent four agonising years writing the book and joked he was nearly driven mad in the process.
I am one hundred percent sure that Luisa made a bargain in exchange that she'll get her 'godfather' to get them a gig at his club.
It's been a busy week for the pop star as he was named as the 'godfather' to fellow star Bryan McFadden's newborn baby.
Venables has made Graham a 'godfather' to his daughter.
the 'godfather' of alternative comedy
Stranger still, he was the 'godfather' to Nelson's son, who was now also his brother-in-law.
If there was a mafia at Clear Ridge High, Shelley was the 'godfather' , the Marlon Brando of mobsters.
Irving Kristol, sometimes called the 'godfather' of neoconservatism, calls it not a movement but a persuasion.
He's become a sort of a 'godfather' to the event; his philosophy is the festival's philosophy.
Ming, a gangster, has worked his way up the police force ranks and Yan, a cop, has been undercover as top hitman for Sam, the pudgy-faced 'godfather' , for nearly a decade.
This coincidence allows me to boldly claim it is I who am the 'godfather' of the whole alt-country movement.
When he went to prison, he was running a crime family business as the 'godfather' .
Sutton was such a close friend of her parents that he was 'godfather' to another of their children.
Kenneth Koch is the 'godfather' of a literary movement, called in the good old days of funding for arts, Poets-in-the-Schools.
The former general was the 'godfather' of the settler movement.
Coming as he did without the help of a 'godfather' to the industry, Dino constantly points out that he does not have the chances that a Khanna or a Bachchan junior has in the industry.
The guiding musical spirit and 'godfather' to the whole project is conductor Valery Gergiev, who brings out all the mordancy and instrumental color suggested by the notes.
When the godson was in high school, the 'godfather' contacted him by e-mail.
He acknowledged Ernest's roll as 'godfather' of the movement and Ernest stayed involved for a number of years.
Being rich, he thought that the solution would be to buy a child, so he went to Jan, remembering that strange day when Jan had suggested that he be the 'godfather' to his new boy.
Qualcomm could have become a 'godfather' to all the world's CDMA, 3G manufacturers and adopted an appropriate business model, much like ARM did by licensing its cores.
‘Eh, you Americans know nothing,’ Viktor said with a Russian accent, which vaguely reminded me of an Italian mafia 'godfather' .
If Iggy Pop is the godfather of punk, surely David Thomas (the man behind the mic for seminal bands Rocket From the Tombs and Pere Ubu) would be the 'godfather' of alternative rock.
He was my best friend and I was the godfather to his kids and he was the 'godfather' to my kids and we did things together on the road and off the road.
Thieves returned a stolen car with a note saying sorry and eight bottles of champagne after discovering it belonged to the son of a Mafia 'godfather' in Castellammare, Sicily.
And this calls for a toast to the man who did it all alone without a 'godfather' to ride on.
Irwin Schiff, the 'godfather' of the movement, is insistent that you shouldn't just take his word for anything: You should check the statutes.
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