compañera
Americannoun
plural
compañeras-
(in the southwestern U.S.) a female companion; friend.
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(in Latin America) a female worker, coworker, or comrade.
Etymology
Origin of compañera
1835–45; < Spanish, feminine of compañero
Example Sentences
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El marido de Fournier es discapacitado tras un accidente de coche, y ella ha acogido a su hermana y a una compañera de piso como huéspedes para completar sus gastos de fin de mes.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2022
Una mujer se ve atrapada en una aventura mortal e internacional cuando se convierte en la renuente compañera de un espía fugitivo.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2019
Ella portaba unos aretes hechos a mano que le dio otra compañera.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2018
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
Anyway, the boy finally concludes: "La compañera says that the future of Chile just dirtied its diapers."
From Time Magazine Archive
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