Timeline for What does "compares" mean?
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| Dec 30, 2020 at 13:28 | vote | accept | Labiam | ||
| Dec 30, 2020 at 13:23 | answer | added | Johnny Bones | timeline score: 2 | |
| Dec 30, 2020 at 11:58 | comment | added | BCdotWEB | @Mike In context (as in: looking at the whole dialogue, not just the sentences excerpted here) it is clear that it is used as a synonym for "friend". The two other options are not logical: it cannot be "godfather" (due to the context beyond the sentences quoted above) and it cannot be "accomplice" because that is a criminal term. See also mafiatrickster.tripod.com/kikai/mafiaslang.html . Related: etymonline.com/word/compadre . | |
| Dec 30, 2020 at 11:04 | comment | added | Mike | @BCdotWEB that link does not provide a good definition, it lists three related Italian words, but doesn't illuminate which one best fits this context. This is a good question. | |
| Dec 30, 2020 at 8:16 | comment | added | BCdotWEB | collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/italian-english/compare which I found by using google.com/search?q=italian+compare . I don't understand why two people upvoted a question that could have been solved by a simple Google search. | |
| Dec 30, 2020 at 3:52 | history | asked | Labiam | CC BY-SA 4.0 |