godparent
A person who, at a child's naming ceremony or baptism, agrees to help raise the child,…A person who, at a child's naming ceremony or baptism, agrees to help raise the child, originally and especially in regard to their religious development.
» I like my godparents.
Я люблю своих крёстных.
Я люблю своих крёстных родителей.
Meaning
2 sensesA person who, at a child's naming ceremony or baptism, agrees to help raise the child, originally and especially in regard to their religious development.
Pate, Patin
крёстный оте́цkrjóstnyj otéc, крёстная матьkrjóstnaja matʹ
хрещений батькоxreščenyj batʹko, хрещена
a person who sponsors someone (the godchild) at baptism
A child's designated guardian in the case that the child's parents die.
Examples
13 sentencesI like my godparents.
ruЯ люблю своих крёстных.
How often do you see your godparents?
ruКак часто ты навещаешь своих крёстных?
I need to be with my godparents.
I never visited my son's godparents again.
I wish I had fairy godparents to protect me.
Translations
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Forms
plural: godparents| Singular | godparent |
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