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/Sounds like "kohm" (as in "coat") + "pah" (as in "park") + "DREE" (as in "dreary") + "toh" (as in "toll")/

Meaning

A neighborhood tough who struts around acting brave and threatening but has nothing real behind the posturing. In Argentine and Uruguayan lunfardo, the compadrito is a classic figure tied to early tango culture: the flashy brawler who intimidates on his block but is ultimately all swagger and no substance.

Examples

Don't pay him any mind, that guy is all show.

He walked in acting like a tough guy and everyone ignored him.

Regional synonyms

The US dollar in Cuban slang, the hard currency that unlocked access to things the Cuban peso couldn't buy. Fula comes from the English 'full' and became the everyday street word for dollars in Cuba's dual-currency economy.