noun, masculine/feminine/ˈkumpa/plural: cumpas
mate, buddy
Synonyms: compadre, compa
From Sicilian cumpà ~ Neapolitan cumpà (“buddy, pal”, akin to Italian compare, Sicilian cumpari, Spanish compadre, from Latin compater, literally “godfather”). Doublet of compadre. Compare compa for a parallel development within Spanish. See more at the English cognate goombah.