compincha

Portuguese

Alternative forms

cupincha (Brazilian)

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Spanish compinche.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈpĩ.ʃɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈpĩ.ʃa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈpĩ.ʃɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈpĩ.t͡ʃɐ/

Rhymes: -ĩʃɐ
Hyphenation: com‧pin‧cha

Noun

compincha m or f by sense (plural compinchas)

(Portugal) a friend or partner
Synonyms: comparsa, camarada, companheiro

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /komˈpint͡ʃa/ [kõmˈpĩnʲ.t͡ʃa]
Rhymes: -intʃa
Syllabification: com‧pin‧cha

Verb

compincha

only used in se compincha, third-person singular present indicative of compincharse

only used in te ... compincha, syntactic variant of compínchate, second-person singular imperative of compincharse

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