cumpa

See also: cumpà

Spanish

Etymology

From Neapolitan cumpà (“buddy, pal”, akin to Italian compare, Sicilian cumpari, Spanish compadre, from Latin compater, literally “godfather”). See more at the English cognate goombah.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkumpa/, [ˈkũmpa]
  • Hyphenation: cum‧pa

Noun

cumpa m or f (plural cumpas)

  1. (Peru, Chile, Argentina) mate, buddy
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