companheiro

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• companheyro (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese companneiro. By surface analysis, companha +‎ -eiro. Compare Spanish compañero and Galician compañeiro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɐ̃ˈɲe(j).ɾu/ [kõ.pɐ̃ˈj̃e(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɐ̃ˈɲe(j).ɾu/ [kõ.pɐ̃ˈj̃e(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɐˈɲe(j).ɾo/ [kõ.pɐˈɲe(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɐˈɲɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɐˈɲɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɐˈɲej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɐˈɲej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɐˈɲe.ɾu/

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• Hyphenation: com‧pa‧nhei‧ro

Noun

companheiro m (plural companheiros, feminine companheira, feminine plural companheiras)

1. companion, comrade
2. partner

   Synonym: parceiro

Related terms

• pão

Further reading

• “companheiro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “companheiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026