compa

See also: com-pa

San Juan Colorado Mixtec

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish compa.

Noun

cómpà

1. buddy

References

• Stark Campbell, Sara, et al. (1986) Diccionario mixteco de San Juan Colorado (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 29)‎^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 9

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of compadre or compañero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkompa/ [ˈkõm.pa]
• Rhymes: -ompa
• Syllabification: com‧pa

Noun

compa m (plural compas)

1. (slang, US, Mexico) buddy

   Synonym: (Mexico) ñero

   ¡Oye, compa, que te pasa?

   Hey buddy, what's up?

Descendants

• → San Juan Colorado Mixtec: compa

Further reading

• “compa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10