compadre

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) godfather of one's child
2. (masculine) parent of one's godchild
3. (masculine) friend, especially a very close and honoured male friend
4. (colloquial, masculine) father of one's child's spouse
5. (Mexico, masculine) binge or partying habitual companion
6. (Argentina, masculine) person of the generation whose parents fought in Argentina's war of independence from Spain.
7. (Nicaragua, colloquial, masculine) 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)

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person) inflection of compadrar:
2. (form-of, imperative, singular, third-person) inflection of compadrar:

compadrar

1. to become godparents or godchildren
2. to become good friends with; to buddy up

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Concepts

friend

godfather

dude

pal

accomplice

compadre

buddy

gaffers

boulder

bro

comrade

dear

homie

Opposite of

comadre

Synonyms

amigo

camarada

compañero

cuate

colega

mano

✋

mijo

padrino

tío

amiguito

compañera

consorte

fulano

majo

mano Central America

mía

mío

socio

compinche

compa

compita

güey

cumpa

🧉

parce

compa

compae

compaye

compare

compagre

compai

cumpa

🧉

cumpé

maestro mío

amiga

compa mío

amistad

cómplice

familiar

flaco

Translations

Gevatter

compare

amico

vriend

amigo

camarada

Kumpel

φιλαράκος

compère

padrino

kerel

Spezi

Freundchen

φίλος

Sozius

Hyphenated as

com‧pa‧dre

Pronounced as (IPA)

/komˈpadɾe/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish: cuémpadre

Inherited from Latin: pater

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish cuémpadre, from Late Latin compatrem, from com- + Latin pater (“father”). Dialectal cumpa is a doublet.