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noun, feminine

comadre

/koˈmadɾe/

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.