compañero
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Spanish compannero, from companna (“company, entourage”). Analyzable as compaña (“company”) + -ero. Compare Portuguese companheiro.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /kompaˈɲeɾo/ [kõm.paˈɲe.ɾo]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: com‧pa‧ñe‧ro
Noun
[edit]compañero m (plural compañeros, feminine compañera, feminine plural compañeras)
- companion (someone with whom one spends time or keeps company)
- compañero de viaje ― travel companion
- mate, colleague; (with a qualifier) fellow X, classmate, coworker, etc. (someone with whom something is shared)
- (politics) fellow member of a political group; comrade
- teammate (one who is on the same team)
- mate, partner (matching item in a set)
- partner, significant other (especially not a spouse)
- (figurative) companion (a thing or phenomenon that is closely associated with another thing, phenomenon, or person)
- friendly term of address; friend, buddy
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “compañero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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