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compadre.

godfather of one's child

8 characters3 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/komˈpadɾe/[kõmˈpa.ð̞ɾe]
  1. godfather of one's child

    masculine
  2. parent of one's godchild

    masculine
  3. friend, especially a very close and honoured male friend

    masculine
  4. father of one's child's spouse

    colloquial · masculine
  5. binge drinking or partying companion

    Mexico · masculine
  6. person of the generation whose parents fought in Argentina's war of independence from Spain.

    Argentina · masculine
  7. the relation between a man and his wife's lover, or in the case of divorce, the relation between the previous and current husband (in general, the relation between two men who have been involved with the same woman)

    Nicaragua · colloquial · masculine
  8. term of address, dude

    colloquial · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr Proto-Italic *patēr Latin pater Latin compater Latin -em Late Latin compatrem Old Spanish cuémpadre Spanish compadre Inherited from Old Spanish cuémpadre, from Late Latin compatrem, from com- + Latin pater (“father”). Dialectal cumpa is a doublet.

verb/komˈpadɾe/[kõmˈpa.ð̞ɾe]
  1. inflection of compadrar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person
  2. inflection of compadrar: third-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · singular · third-person
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