comparsa
Italian edit
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Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
comparsa f (plural comparse)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → French: comparse (see there for further descendants)
Etymology 2 edit
Participle edit
comparsa f sg
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian comparsa.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: com‧par‧sa
Noun edit
comparsa m or f by sense (plural comparsas)
- (drama) extra, walk-on, spear-carrier, supernumerary
- Synonym: figurante
- an accomplice in a crime
- Synonym: cúmplice
- a friend or partner
- Synonyms: camarada, companheiro, cupincha, compincha
Spanish edit
Noun edit
comparsa f (plural comparsas)
- troupe
- A group of people all dressed up in the same clothing, especially for a carnival
- (film, theater) Collectively, the extras
- (film, theater) extra
- Synonym: figurante
Further reading edit
- “comparsa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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