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compadre

[ kuhm-pah-drey ]

noun

Chiefly Southwestern U.S.
  1. a friend, companion, or close associate.


compadre

/ kɒmˈpɑːdreɪ; kəm- /

noun

  1. a masculine friend
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of compadre1

An Americanism first recorded in 1825–35; from Spanish: “godfather,” from early Medieval Latin compater; dzè
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of compadre1

from Spanish: godfather, from Medieval Latin compater, from Latin com- with + pater father
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More movies or motor to El Compadre Option A would be that I wake up, roll over, flick the TV on and put on a movie.

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“He disobeyed the threatening orders that my compadre’s sons had actually given him and that’s why he got killed.”

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Taibo’s longtime friend and leftist compadre, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexico’s former president, tapped him for the publishing post.

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Setting the scene: The Coen brothers expertly depict the early-’60s New York City folk scene as described by Dylan compadre Dave Van Ronk in his memoir “The Mayor of MacDougal Street.”

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“If I could interview him, I’d ask for an apology. But I’m not voting for him to be my compadre, or to marry into the family. I’m voting for him to run this country like a business and get us back into shape.”

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