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compañero

[ kom-puh n-yair-oh; Spanish kawm-pah-nye-raw ]
/ ˌkɒm pənˈyɛər oʊ; Spanish ˌkɔm pɑˈnyɛ rɔ /
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noun, plural com·pa·ñe·ros [kom-puh n-yair-ohz; Spanish kawm-pah-nye-raws] /ˌkɒm pənˈyɛər oʊz; Spanish ˌkɔm pɑˈnyɛ rɔs/.

(in the southwestern U.S.) a male companion or partner.
(in Latin America) a male worker, coworker, or comrade.

Nearby words

  1. compathy,
  2. compatible,
  3. compatriot,
  4. compazine,
  5. compañera,
  6. compañia,
  7. compd.,
  8. compeer,
  9. compel,
  10. compellation

Origin of compañero

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