Noun: compadre
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | compadre |
| Singular f | comadre |
| Plural m | compadres |
| Plural f | comadres |
Sample Sentences
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Á taberna do meu compadre fun polo vento, vin polo aire; Debe ser cousa de encantamento, ir polo aire, vir polo vento! (To my mate's tavern I went in the wind, came back by the air; it must be an enchantment, to go by air, to came back in the wind!)
Etymology
1. From Old Galician-Portuguese compadre, conpadre (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin compater, compatrem, from com- + Latin pater.
2. Cognate with Portuguese compadre, Spanish compadre, Catalan compare and Italian compare. See: Latin Nouns '
pater', Portuguese Nouns '
compadre', Spanish Nouns '
compadre', Catalan Nouns '
compare', Italian Nouns '
compare'.
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