cumpa
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See also: cumpà
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From 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[edit]
Noun[edit]
cumpa m or f by sense (plural cumpas)
Further reading[edit]
- “cumpa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Spanish terms derived from Neapolitan
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish doublets
- Spanish 2-syllable words
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