compa

See also: com-pa

San Juan Colorado Mixtec

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish compa.

Noun

cómpà

buddy

References

Stark Campbell, Sara, et al. (1986) Diccionario mixteco de San Juan Colorado (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 29)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 9

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of compadre or compañero.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkompa/ [ˈkõm.pa]
Rhymes: -ompa
Syllabification: com‧pa

Noun

compa m (plural compas)

(slang, US, Mexico) buddy
Synonym: (Mexico) ñero

¡Oye, compa, que te pasa?
Hey buddy, what's up?

Descendants

→ San Juan Colorado Mixtec: compa

Further reading

“compa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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