friend

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A person, typically someone other than a family member, spouse or lover, whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.
2. An associate who provides assistance.
3. A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted.
4. A person who backs or supports something.
5. (informal) An object or idea that can be used for good.
6. (colloquial) Used as a form of address when warning someone.
7. A function or class granted special access to the private and protected members of another class.
8. A spring-loaded camming device.
9. A lover; a boyfriend or girlfriend.
10. (obsolete) A relative, a relation by blood or marriage.
11. Used to refer collectively to a group of associated individuals, especially those comprising a cast, company, or crew

Verb

1. (obsolete) To act as a friend to, to befriend; to be friendly to, to help.
2. To add (a person) to a list of friends on a social networking site; to officially designate (someone) as a friend.

Conceptos

amigo

amiga

compañero

camarada

novia

conocido

compañera

compadre

aliado

amiguete

novio

confidente

compa

colega

conocida

seguidor

aliada

acompañante

amistosa f

amistoso m

confident

bien

comadre

partidario

ñaño

amigo íntimo

compañero de trabajo

cómplice

co-miembro

congénere

cuñado

igual

laya

prójimo

semajante

socia

socio

vecino

compinche

cognoscente

el que conoce

amiga de la mujer

amiga íntima

amistad

aficionado

favorecer

amistar

hacer amigos

amiguito

fulano

mijo

secuaz

adepta

hincha

seguidora

chica

hermana mayor

joven

jovencita

muchacha

niña

polola

consorte

cónyuge

esposa

esposo

media naranja

querida

abogado

defensor

defensora

partidaria

proponente

representante

asociado

amigote

cuate

edecán

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/fɹɛnd/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Middle English frend, freend, from Old English frēond (“friend”, literally “loving[-one], lover”), from Proto-West Germanic *friund, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz (“lover, friend”), from Proto-Indo-European *preyH- (“to like, love”), equivalent to free + -nd.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Fjund, Früünd (“friend”), West Frisian freon, froen, freondinne (“friend”), Dutch vriend (“friend”), Low German Frund, Fründ (“friend, relative”), Luxembourgish Frënd (“friend”), German Freund (“friend”), Danish frænde (“kinsman”), Swedish frände (“kinsman, relative”), Icelandic frændi (“kinsman”), Welsh ffrind (“friend”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐌳𐍃 (frijōnds, “friend”). More at free.
Other cognates include Russian прия́тель (prijátelʹ, “friend”) and Sanskrit प्रिय (priyá-, “beloved”).

Oraciones

But the boy never took his eye off his new friend .

Pero el niño nunca le quitó el ojo a su nuevo amigo.

" He lives at the Al-Fayoum oasis ," his friend had said .

"Vive en el oasis al-Fayoum", dijo su amigo.