Meanings (ES + gloss)
compañero • socio
A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.
A "mate" was a "mate" - share and share alike, no matter how bad might be the times, or how long a spell of ill luck had attended them.
pareja
A breeding partner.
Such overt displays of avowed sexual prowess – or at least, desperate availability – are not limited to the countryside. Even in the city, birds and animals and stockbrokers and nu…
colega • mano
A first mate.
compañero
The other member of a matched pair of objects.
I found one of the socks I wanted to wear, but I couldn't find its mate.
Phrases
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
aparearse
To copulate.
“In fact, the apes live with us, and have for many ages. We call them the first men—we speak their language quite as much as we do our own; only in the rituals of the temple do we…
juntar
To pair in order to raise offspring.
Phrases