(kohm-PAH-dray) Spanish: friend, companion coup (koo) French: hit, strike, blow. Example: a "coup d'etat" is a blow against the state -a quick, sudden change of power
The compadre (literally, "co-father" or "co-parent") relationship between the parents and godparents of a child is an important bond which originates when a child is baptized in Latin American countries. The abstract noun compadrazgo ("co-parenthood") is sometimes used to refer to the institutional relationship between compadres.