/kom-pa-DRI-to/
A street tough who acts brave and aggressive but has nothing real behind the posturing. In Argentina and Uruguay, the 'compadrito' swaggers through the neighborhood like he owns it, picks fights to prove himself, and is ultimately all performance — the neighborhood peacock.
"Don't mess with that compadrito — he's all show."
"He acts like the neighborhood tough but he's all talk."
/kom-pa-DRI-to/
A street tough who acts brave and aggressive but has nothing real behind the posturing. In Argentina and Uruguay, the 'compadrito' swaggers through the neighborhood like he owns it, picks fights to prove himself, and is ultimately all performance — the neighborhood peacock.
"Don't mess with that compadrito — he's all show."
"He acts like the neighborhood tough but he's all talk."