paisan

Examples

• All

• - I'm pretty cold, paisan.

  Heist (2015)

• Paisan, get in here.

  Jade (1995)

• To each their own, paisan.

  Blog text (30)

• Paisan, you ready to make some money?

  Mobsters (1991)

• Want to show those paisans how it's done?

  Just Married (2003)

• We got some paisans down under.

  Fiction book (2002)

• - There's a lot of paisans down under.

  Analyze That (2002)

• - Good work, paisan.

  Confidence (2003)

• All right, paisan.

  Shaft (2000)

• Understand, paisan?

  The Godfather Part II (1974)

Synonyms

A

amigo

vspaisan

• Informal

120 7.8

A person you like and trust, often a close friend

focuses on shared country or origin rather than just friendship

C

compadre

vspaisan

• Informal

36 7.3

A close friend you trust and spend time with

highlights common national background more than community closeness

P

paisano

vspaisan

• Slang

2 9.3

A friendly, informal word people use for a friend

is used among Italian-Americans to mean someone from the same background

P

paesano

vspaisan

• Informal

1 9.5

A person from the same town, region or country who is also a friend

is an informal term used by a migrant community to mean a friend

How Close

best friend

∞ 1.0

pal

• Informal

∞ 1.0

paisan

• Slang

4 9.1

friend

∞ 1.0

acquaintance

156 3.5

stranger

625 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology