cumpa
Spanish, noun/ˈkumpa/
cumpa is spelled C-U-M-P-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 94,980th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cumpa is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “mate, buddy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Variante de compa, compadre, compañero”.
What does cumpa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinemate, buddy
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante de compa, compadre, compañero.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cumpa
- cumpas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cumpa?
- /ˈkumpa/
- [ˈkũm.pa]
- [ˈkũmpa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cumpa in Spanish?
cumpa appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).