Definitions tagged padrino in the street dictionary.
In Chile, a Tio Checho is an independent, mid-level drug trafficker who moves product from the northern border to central Chile to sell directly to wealthy consumers in Santiago. Rather than joining a gang or cartel, he usually operates with a female partner who acts as his lover, bodyguard, and financier.
This afternoon the PDi (Chilean investigative police) arrested Roberto Alcaraz, a well-known Tio Checho from the district of Maipú.
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A person with influence in a private company or public office who helps a friend or relative get a job through their connections. It is the equivalent of having a hookup or someone on the inside (This term literally means godfather, reflecting the cultural importance of personal patronage in the job market).
How are you working there? You know how long I have been trying to get in. : Wait, the thing is that I have a padrino.
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A person, usually a friend or relative, who uses their influence or position to help someone get favors, jobs, or better prices. (Refers to having an in or pull through social ties.)
Mario helped me get the cheapest car at the dealership where he works. Doña Elisa spoke with the owner of the house so I could get in as a driver.
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The godfather of one's child, or the father of one's godchild. (This spiritual kinship establishes a deep, lifelong bond of mutual respect, and it is traditional for children to show respect by asking for their compadre's blessing).
Juan is your godfather, kiss the compadre's hand.
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A female godchild, referring to the girl or woman a man sponsors at a baptism (the bond between godparents and godchildren is a fundamental social pillar in the Dominican Republic).
I have 3 ahijadas and 1 ahijado.
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A powerful protector that the sons of bitches who are always fucking around in the streets rely on. He is usually a drug kingpin or a politician (referring to the system of patronage where influential figures shield people from the law).
Around here, anyone who does not have a padrino is fucked.
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