compadre

英 [kɒm'pɑːdreɪ] 美 [kəm'pɑdre]
  • n. 朋友;密友
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compadre 老兄

com-, 强调。-padre, 父亲,词源同father. 原用于宗教义,教父,后用于口语,老兄。比较gossip.

compadre (n.)
"companion," 1834, American English, from Spanish compadre "godfather," hence "benefactor, friend," from Medieval Latin compater, from com- "with" (see com-) + pater "father" (see father (n.). Compare compere, also gossip (n.).