Masculine
cumpa
Meaning
mate, buddy
Synonyms
Hyphenated as
cum‧pa
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkumpa/
Etymology
In summary
From Neapolitan cumpà (“buddy, pal”, akin to Italian compare, Sicilian cumpari, Spanish compadre, from Latin compater, literally “godfather”). Doublet of compadre. Compare compa for a parallel development within Spanish. See more at the English cognate goombah.
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