compa

See also: com-pa

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese compadreclip.

Old Galician-Portuguese companna

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Old Galician-Portuguese -eiro

Old Galician-Portuguese companneiro

Portuguese companheiroclip.

Portuguese compa

Clipping of compadre or companheiro.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkõ.pɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkõ.pɐ/

• Hyphenation: com‧pa

Noun

compa m or f by sense (plural compas)

1. (anarchism, communism, socialism) comrade
   • 2021 December 17, Agência de Notícias Anarquistas, ““Tentar preservar o anarquismo no seu passado é acabar com ele””, in Agência de Notícias Anarquistas:

     O projeto é individual, porque corresponde a um velho sonho meu finalmente concretizado, e é coletivo porque diversas e diversos compas participam nele desde o início ou em determinados livros.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2023 January 1, @PTnoSenado, Twitter‎^[1] (post), archived from the original on 27 July 2023:

     Viva o Brasil! ¶ Viva o povo brasileiro! ¶ Que posse histórica, compas! Que dia lindo! Que emoção! 🇧🇷💚💛💙

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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)‎^[2] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 9

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin com-

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-?

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr

Proto-Italic *patēr

Latin pater

Latin compater

Latin -em

Late Latin compatrem

Old Spanish cuémpadre

Spanish compadreclip.

Spanish compañeroclip.

Spanish compa

Clipping of compadre or compañero.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

compa m (plural compas)

1. (Mexico, US, slang) buddy

   Synonym: (Mexico) ñero

   ¡Oye, compa, qué te pasa? ― Hey buddy, what's up?

2. (historical, Nicaragua) revolutionary during the Nicaraguan Revolution

   Los compas llevaron a cabo una gran campaña en Estelí.

   The Nicaraguan revolutionaries waged a major campaign in Estelí.

Descendants

• → San Juan Colorado Mixtec: compa

See also

• ñero

Further reading

• “compa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026