compañero

[ kom-puhn-yair-oh; Spanish kawm-pah-nye-raw ]

noun,plural com·pa·ñe·ros [kom-puhn-yair-ohz; Spanish kawm-pah-nye-raws]. /ˌkɒm pənˈyɛər oʊz; Spanish ˌkɔm pɑˈnyɛ rɔs/.
  1. (in the southwestern U.S.) a male companion or partner.

  2. (in Latin America) a male worker, coworker, or comrade.

Origin of compañero

1
1835–45, Americanism;<Spanish, equivalent to compañ(a) company + -ero<Latin -ārius-ary

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