compincha

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• cupincha (Brazil)

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Spanish compinche.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈpĩ.ʃɐ/

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈpĩ.ʃɐ/

• (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)

1. (Portugal) a friend or partner

   Synonyms: comparsa, camarada, companheiro

Further reading

• “compincha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

compincha

1. only used in se compincha, third-person singular present indicative of compincharse
2. only used in te ... compincha, syntactic variant of compínchate, second-person singular imperative of compincharse