compadrito
Spanish
Etymology
compadre + -ito
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kompaˈdɾito/ [kõm.paˈð̞ɾi.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -ito
- Syllabification: com‧pa‧dri‧to
Noun
compadrito m (plural compadritos)
- Diminutive of compadre
- (Argentina) person of the generation whose grandfathers fought in Argentina's war of independence from Spain. [1]
References
- “Tango Vancouver.com Tango dance history, Argentina's Gauchos, Compadres and Compadritos”, in (please provide the title of the work), accessed 15 April 2008, archived from the original on 2008-06-29
Further reading
- “compadrito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014