cumpa

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Spanish

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Etymology

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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.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkumpa/ [ˈkũm.pa]
  • Rhymes: -umpa
  • Syllabification: cum‧pa

Noun

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cumpa m or f by sense (plural cumpas)

  1. (Peru, Chile, Argentina) mate, buddy
    Synonyms: compadre, compa

Further reading

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