compadre
pronunciation
How to pronounce compadre in British English:
UK [kɒmˈpɑ:dreɪ]
How to pronounce compadre in American English:
US [kəmˈpɑdreɪ]
Word Origin
- compadre (n.)
- "companion," 1834, American English, from Spanish compadre "godfather," hence "benefactor, friend," from Medieval Latin compater, from com- "with" (see com-) + pater "father" (see father (n.). Compare compere, also gossip (n.).
Example
- 1. We 're in this foxhole together , compadre .
- 2. For there 's dick and condi , my old compadre , talking to me about some oil rich saudi , it 's good to touch the brown brown grass of home .
- 3. I appreciate it , compadre , but I was always taught that god helps those that help themselves .
- 4. It 's not that I don 't trust my compadre here , major baltimore .