compañera
Americannoun
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(in the southwestern U.S.) a female companion; friend.
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(in Latin America) a female worker, coworker, or comrade.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of compañera
1835–45; < Spanish, feminine of compañero
Example Sentences
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Ramiro Gámez of Sonido Gámez said that when they realized many residents would be evicted, the sonideros joined, bringing along their most precious compañera: la cumbia colombiana.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2023
An early lover was Naty Revuelta, with whom he had a daughter, Alina, and he was always close to Célia Sánchez, the compañera he met in the mountains in 1956.
From The Guardian • Nov. 26, 2016
"La compañera says that the baby—" "You mean 'the future of Chile'!" the father interrupts once more.
From Time Magazine Archive
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