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compañero

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com⋅pa⋅ñe⋅ro

[kom-puhn-yair-oh; Sp. kawm-pah-nye-raw]
–noun, plural -pa⋅ñe⋅ros [-puhn-yair-ohz; Sp. -pah-nye-raws] .
1. (in the southwestern U.S.) a male companion or partner.
2. (in Latin America) a male worker, coworker, or comrade.

Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; < Sp, equiv. to compañ(a) company + -ero < L -ārius -ary
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