 In Spanish, the verb "comadrear" (from "comadre") similarly means "to gossip," as does the French cognate "commérage" (from "commère").The term "compadre" has been extended in some regions, such as Brazil to describe a common relationship between two good friends.In Argentina and Paraguay, the word is used in popular speech (especially in the diminutive, "compadrito") to mean "braggart, loud-mouth, bully."