Polyglot Dictionary

compadre

/komˈpaðɾe/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
compadres

Meaning

  1. pal

    • Mi compadre me ayudó.

      My pal helped me.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

hermano

Close in casual speech — hermano ("brother") is also used colloquially to mean "pal/buddy," like compadre.

Similar in other languages

English

brother

Close, figuratively — a pal relates to a brother.

Practice

1 What does compadre mean?

2 Fill the gap: Mi ___ me ayudó.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches compadre?

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