compañero
Americannoun
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(in the southwestern U.S.) a male companion or partner.
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(in Latin America) a male worker, coworker, or comrade.
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Etymology
Origin of compañero
1835–45, < Spanish, equivalent to compañ ( a ) company + -ero < Latin -ārius -ary
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A fellow worker, or compañero, as they call each other meaning “partner,” had died less than two weeks earlier that September in yet another bicycle wreck on the streets of Manhattan.
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
“I have participated in the recovery of five bicycles. What makes me most happy is seeing a compañero with his recovered bike,” says Solano.
From The Verge ● Jul. 30, 2021
Nor does God exist there, according to miners like Morales; instead, a spiritual compañero, or companion, known as Tío, or Uncle, presides.
From Time ● Jun. 16, 2011
"The players have to know that the man alongside them is a compañero, a brother," García says.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 28, 2011
“No, compañero, I’m not wearing jewelry,” I reply.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
But his memory is clear about employer expectations that he and his compañeros would labor more than 12 hours a day, six days a week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2022
Together, they escorted their compañeros across the bridge and helped them deliver their orders safely.
From The Verge ● Jul. 30, 2021
While my compañeros waited for the paperwork from a guardia who could barely write, I stepped outside.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2014
We’ve been instructed to call the women by that word, to think of them as comrades, and to call the men compañeros.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
Avoiding both of these extreme viewpoints, the account may very well be given in the terms used by Caliban in describing the affair next day to one of his compañeros, a charcoal-burner.
From The Mystery of The Barranca by Whitaker, Herman
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