adios

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See also: adiós

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish adiós; see there for more. Doublet of adieu.

Pronunciation[edit]

Interjection[edit]

adios

  1. (in Spanish contexts) goodbye
    Synonyms: addio, adieu, aloha, arrivederci, auf Wiedersehen, au revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, cheers, ciao, farewell, good-by, good-bye, goodbye, good day, sayonara, shalom, ayubowan, so long, do svidanya

Translations[edit]

Noun[edit]

adios (plural adioses)

  1. A goodbye.
    • 1982, Gordon DeMarco, The Canvas Prison, Germinal Press, →ISBN, page 123:
      In fifteen minutes I had finished eating, swilled a cup of industrial strength scorch, got Solly’s keys and all the dope on how to handle his big new DeSoto, received a sack of ribs from Cleo to eat along the way and paid my adioses to Trumbo and Len Fugate who saw Helen and me to the door.
    • 1989 October, Dave Gerard, “’68”, in Assembly, volume XLVIII, number 3, New York, N.Y.: the Association of Graduates, USMA, pages 121–122:
      Bill McCauley also said his adioses as he’s departing this summer to rejuvenate the DCS for Doctrine at TRADOC.
    • 2005, Food Arts:
      At the end of the evening, some of the students accompanied Lezama back to the religious residence where he was staying and said their adioses.

Verb[edit]

adios (third-person singular simple present adioses, present participle adiosing, simple past and past participle adiosed)

  1. To leave; to literally or figuratively say “adios” to.
    • 2003, Vivian Livingston, as told to Sherrie Krantz, Vivian Lives, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 93:
      About an hour later I adiosed the office.
    • 2019, Jessica Shubert, My Name is Runaway, Page Publishing, Inc., →ISBN:
      “Oh, yes, I’m so happy that my latest codelincuente has adiosed me,” I scoff.
    • 2020, Melanie Greene, Roll Play, →ISBN:
      Three cups later, he and Juana stacked together their collated notes and he adiosed the kids and caregivers.
    • 2021, James Patterson, David Ellis, The Red Book, Penguin Books, →ISBN:
      “ONE THING you need to be clear on,” Patti says after we’ve adiosed the scene, doubling back now to drive me to my car.
  2. To get rid of.

Anagrams[edit]

Hiligaynon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish adiós.

Interjection[edit]

adiós

  1. goodbye

Ido[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

adios

  1. future of adiar

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish adios. Doublet of adieu and adio.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /aˈdi.jɔs/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ijɔs
  • Syllabification: a‧di‧os

Interjection[edit]

adios

  1. (colloquial) adios, goodbye

References[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • adios in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /aˈdjos/ [aˈð̞jos]
  • Rhymes: -os
  • Syllabification: a‧dios

Interjection[edit]

adios

  1. Anglicization of adiós.