Definition of padrona in English:
padrona
nounPlural padronas paˈdrəʊnəpəˈdrōnə
(in Italian-speaking countries) a female boss or proprietress.
Example sentencesExamples
- The padrona - she's the woman who keeps the house, and serves us, too, in this case - though Mrs. Jerrold has a maid to wait on the table and care for our rooms - well, the padrona is my first friend.
- As I watched her, I had a feeling that though I would be paying the salary, the real padrona had just crossed the threshold, and a new phase of my Roman life was beginning.