compadre

[kuhm-pah-drey]

noun

Chiefly Southwestern U.S.

1. a friend, companion, or close associate.

compadre

/ kɒmˈpɑːdreɪ, kəm- /

noun

1. a masculine friend

Word History and Origins

Origin of compadre¹

An Americanism first recorded in 1825–35; from Spanish: “godfather,” from early Medieval Latin compater; compère

Word History and Origins

Origin of compadre¹

from Spanish: godfather, from Medieval Latin compater, from Latin com- with + pater father

Example Sentences

The three big “El’s” to me are El Compadre, El Coyote and El Carmen.

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More movies or motor to El Compadre Option A would be that I wake up, roll over, flick the TV on and put on a movie.

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“He disobeyed the threatening orders that my compadre’s sons had actually given him and that’s why he got killed.”

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Taibo’s longtime friend and leftist compadre, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexico’s former president, tapped him for the publishing post.

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Setting the scene: The Coen brothers expertly depict the early-’60s New York City folk scene as described by Dylan compadre Dave Van Ronk in his memoir “The Mayor of MacDougal Street.”

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