compañera

US: (kom′pən yâr′ə; Sp. kôm′pä nye′rä)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

com•pa•ñe•ra  (kom′pən yâr′ə; Sp. kôm′pä nye′rä), n., pl. -pa•ñe•ras 

(-pən yâr′əz; Sp. -pä nye′räs). 
1. Foreign Terms (in the southwestern U.S.) a female companion;
   friend.
2. Foreign Terms (in Latin America) a female worker, coworker, or comrade.

• Spanish, feminine of compañero
• 1835–45; American;