cumpà
🇮🇹 Italian slang from Naples
What does “cumpà” mean?
buddy; mate
Example
“Cumpà, jamme a piglià 'nu ccafè.”
Buddy, let's go get a coffee.
Good to know
From 'compare' (godfather, close friend). Common across the South.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
🫂 Friends👋 Hellos
The textbook way to say it: amico
Heard in a conversation
Haggling at the Pignasecca
Peppe Signò, nun me facite chiagnere! Tengo cinche figlie.
Lady, don't make me cry! I've got five kids.
Titina E io tengo fame e poche sorde. Duje euro e cinquanta, cumpà.
And I'm hungry and short of cash. Two-fifty, mate.
Peppe Va buò, va buò. Ma nun 'o dicite a nisciuno, sinnò fanno 'nciucio.
Okay, okay. But don't tell anyone, or they'll gossip.
🤜 How other countries say “dude / bro”
More from Naples
- guagliòkid; dude
- uèhey!
- scugnizzostreet kid; urchin
- pazziàto joke around
- 'nciuciogossip; shady deal
- statte bbuonotake care
- comme staje?how are you?
- ce verimmosee you
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