Those who make up the same team are colleagues among themselves.
A companion is the individual who is accompanied by another for some purpose. The bond established between colleagues is known as camaraderie . The effect of accompanying (being with another living being, adding something to something else, existing with it), on the other hand, is called company .
For example: “Tomorrow I'm going to dinner with my coworkers,” “Juan Carlos is a college classmate who is looking for a job, could you help him?” , “I am very proud: my son was chosen as the best classmate in his grade.”
Companions: members of a team, a community or a movement
The individuals that form a community or a body are companions, as are the players who make up a team and who help each other to achieve a common goal: “Lionel Messi, Andrés Iniesta and Xavi were companions for many years,” “A “A team can only succeed when there is solidarity among teammates,” “Two teammates beat each other in training.”
In the field of politics , a comrade is defined as someone with whom one shares an ideology or a movement : “More than 2,000 comrades participated in the party's last open assembly,” “A comrade who makes criticism of that type does not deserve be part of this current.”
It is often said that the dog is the best companion of the human being.
Other uses of the notion
At a colloquial level, the person with whom one lives in marriage is usually described as a partner: “My partner works until late at night, but I always wait for him with the food prepared to have dinner together.”
The term can be used to name people who suffer the same fate : “Pablo is my companion in misfortunes, we always face problems together,” “I don't want you to hang out with your drinking buddies anymore.”
It is common to find expressions such as adventure , travel or life companion, among others, and they all refer to those living beings with whom we share the most important moments, both the most beautiful and the most difficult. In general, the first interpretation of these terms usually points to a human being, although there are many cases of friendships between individuals of various species: we also call a dog, a cat or a horse a companion, for example.
Different nuances of the notion of companion
The word companion represents one of those cases in the Spanish language in which there is a wide range of nuances that can considerably affect the meaning of a sentence, depending on the context. Talking about a co-worker is, for many people, simply mentioning someone who performs their work duties in the same physical space and with the same schedule as us; However, for some, this term is only used if there is an emotional bond involved, and its alternative when there is no such union is colleague .
We speak of a good companion , on the other hand, to refer to a series of attitudes typical of a person or animal that tries by all means to promote the well-being of those around it, whether in a work environment, a student or in a relationship. friendship or couple. For example, a good schoolmate worries if someone misses class, and tries to find out if something bad has happened to them, in addition to providing notes and telling them if the teachers have sent homework or if they have announced an exam.
In some countries, it is possible to use the term companion as a synonym for lifelong friend, without the need to make clarifications such as "for adventures" or "for life." On the other hand, it is also common to use them to avoid the words partner , boyfriend or girlfriend , when there is a certain fear of saying them in front of people outside the relationship , especially by homosexual people in heterosexual environments, because of the oppression that generates homophobia.