compadre

[ kuhm-pah-drey ]

nounChiefly Southwestern U.S.
  1. a friend, companion, or close associate.

Origin of compadre

1
An Americanism first recorded in 1825–35; from Spanish: “godfather,” from early Medieval Latin compater; see compère

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How to use compadre in a sentence

  • Por estar ac el delincuento que dijeran que se habia hecho entre compadres, y como opreso, sin se poder defender jurdicamente.

  • I left him and some of his compadres pow-wowing away with them outside the house, but they hadn't come to no conclusion.

    Lone Pine | R. B. (Richard Baxter) Townshend

British Dictionary definitions for compadre

compadre

/ (kɒmˈpɑːdreɪ, kəm-) /


noun
  1. Southwestern US a masculine friend

Origin of compadre

1
from Spanish: godfather, from Medieval Latin compater, from Latin com- with + pater father

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