desperado
Meaning
- A bold outlaw, especially one from southern portions of the Wild West.
- (colloquial) A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, an addict, etc.
- (colloquial) A person who is desperately in love or is desperate for a romantic or sexual relationship.
- A piece that seems determined to give itself up, typically to bring about stalemate or perpetual check.
Synonyms
Translations
Schurke
desperado
bandito
desperado
fascínora
bandidoFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dɛspəˈɹɑːdəʊ/
Etymology
From obsolete Spanish desperado, past participle of desperar, archaic form of desesperar (“to despair”), from Latin disperare (“to despair, to lose hope”), from prefix dis- + sperare (“to hope”). Doublet of desperate.
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