comadre

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin commater, commatrem, from Latin mater.

Cognate with Catalan comare, Extremaduran comairi, French commère, Galician comadre, Italian comare, Mirandese cumadre, Portuguese comadre, and Spanish comadre.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.ˈma.ðɾɨ/
• Hyphenation: co‧ma‧dre

Noun

comadre f (plural comadres)

1. midwife
2. The godmother of one's child.
3. The mother of one's godchild.
4. A very dear and honoured female friend.
5. gossip

Related terms

• madre

Descendants

• Kadiwéu: inigomaadile

See also

• madrinha

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Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin commater, commatrem, from Latin mater.

Noun

comadre f (plural comadres)

1. midwife
2. The godmother of one's child.
3. The mother of one's godchild.
4. A very dear and honoured female friend.
5. gossip
6. (colloquial) go-between

Derived terms

• comadreja

Related terms

• madre

See also

• comadrona f
• compadre m
• madrina f
• partera f