Pedro

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UK/ˈpɛdɹəʊ/UK/peɪdɹəʊ/US/ˈpeɪdɹoʊ/US/ˈpɛdɹoʊ/

noun

An American trick-taking card game of the all fours family.

OriginPortuguese Pedro ← Latin Petrus ← Ancient Greek Πέτρος →
CommonScrabble 8
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Meanings

nounPedro (countable and uncountable, plural Pedros or Pedroes)

plural Pedros · plural Pedroes

  1. countableuncountablegamesAn American trick-taking card game of the all fours family.
  2. countableuncountablegamesThe five of trumps in certain card games.
  3. UScountableuncountableaeronauticsThe standard callsign for an aircraft participating in CSAR (“combat search and rescue”), typically a helicopter.
proper noun
  1. A male given name from Spanish or Portuguese, equivalent to English Peter.

Origin

  1. Ancient GreekΠέτρος
  2. LatinPetrus
  3. PortuguesePedro
  4. EnglishPedro

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.

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Cite this entry
APA

Pedro. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pedro

MLA

“Pedro.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pedro. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pedro,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pedro.

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