P. = padre; P. P. = padres. (The initial letter is doubled to denote plurality. Cf. E. E. U. U. = Estados Unidos.)
pa = para.
Paca (coll.) = Francisca.
paciencia, patience.
pacífico, peaceful, gentle.
pacto, compact, pact.
padecer, to suffer.
padecimiento, suffering, complaint.
padre, father, priest, monk; pl., parents, forefathers; Padres de la Iglesia, Fathers of the Church (a title of honor applied to the early writers of the Christian church); Padre Provincial, see provincial; Padres de Provincia, Provincial Fathers (in the Basque provinces a body of distinguished men who were consulted in questions regarding the application of the fueros, or special privileges and exemptions of these provinces. Many of these fueros have now been abolished); — Nuestro, Lord's Prayer.