compadrito

Spanish

Etymology

From compadre +‎ -ito.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kompaˈdɾito/ [kõm.paˈð̞ɾi.t̪o]
Rhymes: -ito
Syllabification: com‧pa‧dri‧to

Noun

compadrito m (plural compadritos)

Diminutive of compadre
(Argentina) person of the generation whose grandfathers fought in Argentina's war of independence from Spain. [1]

References

“Tango Vancouver.com Tango dance history, Argentina's Gauchos, Compadres and Compadritos”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, 2008 April 15 (last accessed), archived from the original on 29 June 2008

Further reading

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

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