cumpa

== Spanish == === Etymology === From Sicilian cumpà ~ Neapolitan cumpà (“buddy, pal”, akin to Italian compare, Sicilian cumpari, Spanish compadre, from Latin compater, literally “godfather”). Doublet of compadre. Compare compa for a parallel development within Spanish. See more at the English cognate goombah. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkumpa/ [ˈkũm.pa] Rhymes: -umpa Syllabification: cum‧pa === Noun === cumpa m or f by sense (plural cumpas) (Peru, Chile, Argentina) mate, buddy Synonyms: compadre, compa === Further reading === “cumpa”, 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