noun, feminine/koˈmadɾe/plural: comadres
midwife; the godmother of one's child; the mother of one's godchild; a very dear and honoured female friend; sister; a female gossipper, busybody
Synonyms: partera, madrina
Inherited from Late Latin commāter, from com- (“together”) + māter (“mother”). Cognate with Catalan and Italian comare, Neapolitan cummà, Sicilian cummari, Galician and Portuguese comadre, French commère, Norman conméthe, Romanian cumătră.