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Galician
Etymology
From compango + -eiro.
Pronunciation
Adjective
compangueiro (feminine compangueira, masculine plural compangueiros, feminine plural compangueiras)
- (derogatory) sweet-talker; complacent
- Synonym: mingamona
1835, anonymous author, Carta liberal de Xan de Santa de maría de todo o mundo:un governo hasta aquí tan deixado ê compangeiro en consentelos- a govern that to this point has been so negligent and complacent on consenting them
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “compangueiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “compangueiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “compangueiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN