compadre

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish compadre (“joint father, godfather, friend”). Doublet of compeer, compere, and goombah. === Noun === compadre (plural compadres) A friend or companion. === Anagrams === compared == Galician == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese compadre, conpadre (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin compater, compatrem, from com- + Latin pater. Cognate with Portuguese compadre, Spanish compadre, Catalan compare and Italian compare. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [komˈpaðɾɪ] Hyphenation: com‧pa‧dre === Noun === compadre m (plural compadres, feminine comadre, feminine plural comadres) godfather of one’s child; father of one’s godchild father of one's child's spouse; co-father-in-law Synonym: consogro (familiar) a close friend; compadre Synonyms: amigo, camarada, compañeiro ==== Related terms ==== padre ==== See also ==== comadre === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “compadre”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “compadre”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “compadre”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “compadre”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “compadre”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese compadre, conpadre, from Late Latin compatrem, from com- + Latin pater. Cognate with Galician and Spanish compadre, Catalan and Italian compare. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: com‧pa‧dre === Noun === compadre m (plural compadres, feminine comadre, feminine plural comadres) godfather of one’s child; father of one’s godchild father of one's child's spouse; co-father-in-law Synonym: consogro (familiar) a close friend; compadre Synonyms: amigo, camarada, companheiro ==== Related terms ==== padre ==== Descendants ==== → Kadiwéu: inigompaadile ==== See also ==== comadre === Further reading === “compadre”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “compadre”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /komˈpadɾe/ [kõmˈpa.ð̞ɾe] Rhymes: -adɾe Syllabification: com‧pa‧dre === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Spanish cuémpadre, from Late Latin compatrem, from com- + Latin pater (“father”). Dialectal cumpa is a doublet. ==== Noun ==== compadre m (plural compadres, feminine comadre, feminine plural comadres) godfather of one's child Coordinate term: (feminine form) comadre parent of one's godchild friend, especially a very close and honoured male friend (colloquial) father of one's child's spouse Synonym: consuegro (Mexico) binge drinking or partying companion Synonym: amigote (Argentina) person of the generation whose parents fought in Argentina's war of independence from Spain. (Nicaragua, colloquial) the relation between a man and his wife's lover, or in the case of divorce, the relation between the previous and current husband (in general, the relation between two men who have been involved with the same woman) ===== Usage notes ===== In Spanish, compadre and padrino are not synonyms. A padrino is one's own godfather, whereas a compadre is the godfather of one's child or the father of one's godchild. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Belizean Creole: kompaajreh → Chamicuro: kumpali → English: compadre → Tagalog: kompadre, kumpadre ⇒ kumpare, kompare ⇒ pare, pre, par → Taos: kumpàyliʼína → Zacatepec Chatino: mpaà ===== See also ===== comadre === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== compadre inflection of compadrar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative === References === === Further reading === “compadre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025