comadre
Portuguese
Etymology
From Late Latin commater, commatrem, from Latin mater.
Cognate with Catalan comare, Extremaduran comairi, French commère, Galician comadre, Italian comare, Mirandese cumadre, Portuguese comadre, and Spanish comadre.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ku.ˈma.ðɾɨ/
- Hyphenation: co‧ma‧dre
Noun
comadre f (plural comadres)
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Descendants
- Kadiwéu: inigomaadile
Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin commater, commatrem, from Latin mater.
Noun
comadre f (plural comadres)
- midwife
- The godmother of one's child.
- The mother of one's godchild.
- A very dear and honoured female friend.
- gossip
- (colloquial) go-between
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