What is "pedro"

Pedro \Pe"dro\, n. [From Sp. Pedro Peter, L. Petrus, Gr. ?.] (Card Playing)

1. The five of trumps in certain varieties of auction pitch.

2. A variety of auction pitch in which the five of trumps counts five.

Pedro (pronounced "peedro") is an American trick-taking card game of the All Fours family based on Auction Pitch. Its most popular variant is known as Cinch, Double Pedro or High Five. Developed in Denver, Colorado in the 1880s, it was soon regarded as the most important member of the All Fours family. Although it went out of fashion with the rise of Auction Bridge, it is still widely played at the western coast of the United States and in its southern states, being the dominant game in some locations in Louisiana. Forms of the game have been reported from Nicaragua, the Azores, Italy and Finland. The game is primarily played by 4 players in fixed partnerships, but can also be played by 2–6 individual players.

Pedro uses a regular pack of 52 cards, but some variants add a Joker. The game is considerably simplified when compared to Pitch, in that all points are awarded to the winners of the tricks containing certain specific cards. This includes the Game point, which goes to the winner of the trump Ten. The winner of the Pedro (Five of trumps) receives 5 points. In Cinch or Double Pedro the same holds for the Left Pedro (Off-Five), which counts as a trump. The practice of making sure to win a trick that contains a high-scoring card is referred to as cinching.

Pedro (alternate archaic spelling Pêro) is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for Peter.

The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning "son of Peter" (compare with the English surname Peterson) is Pérez in Spanish, and Peres in Galician and Portuguese, Pires also in Portuguese, and Peiris in coastal area of Sri Lanka (where it originated from the Portuguese version), with all ultimately meaning "son of Pêro".

The name Pedro is derived via the Latin word "petra", from the Greek word "η πετρα" meaning "stone, rock".

The name Peter itself is a translation of the Aramaic Kephas or Cephas meaning "stone".

Pedro may refer to:

Pedro Santa Cecilia García (born 10 March 1984), known simply as Pedro, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a right midfielder.

Pedro is a computer game developed by Frank Johnson, Aidan Rajswing, Andrew Impson, Brian Carpenter and Steve Cain for the ZX Spectrum and released by Imagine Software in 1984. The game is an early example of the use of oblique projection graphics to give the impression of three dimensions.

Pedro is a 2008 American film about the openly gay, Cuban-American AIDS educator and television personality, Pedro Zamora, who became famous as a castmember on MTV's reality television series, The Real World: San Francisco. It was produced by Bunim-Murray Productions, the same company that produces The Real World, and is their first scripted project. It was produced by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland, written by Dustin Lance Black and Paris Barclay (story) and directed by Nick Oceano. The film stars Alex Loynaz, Justina Machado and Hale Appleman.

The film was an Official Selection at the 2008 Toronto Film Festival.

The film aired on MTV on April 1, 2009 before the season finale of The Real World: Brooklyn.

Pedro Hernández Martínez (born 2 October 1978 in Madrid), known simply as Pedro, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for CD Toledo as a right back.

Pedro Antonio Sánchez Moñino (born 1 March 1987), known simply as Pedro, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Elche CF as a right winger.

Pedro is a masculine given name.

Pedro may also refer to:

Pedro (born May 11, 1970) is a former Brazilian football player.

Pedro Eliezer Rodríguez Ledesma (; born 28 July 1987), commonly known as Pedro or Pedrito, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward or a winger for English club Chelsea and the Spain national team.

Pedro scored 99 goals in 321 appearances across all competitions for Barcelona from 2008 to 2015, winning 20 major honours including five La Liga titles and the UEFA Champions League three times. During the 2009–10 season, he became the first player in history to score in six different official club competitions in one season.

Pedro represented Spain in two World Cups and two European Championships, winning once in each tournament.