desperado

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɛspəˈɹɑːdəʊ/
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Noun[edit]

desperado (plural desperadoes or desperados)

  1. A bold outlaw, especially one from southern portions of the Wild West.
    • 1850, Thomas Carlyle, “The present time”, in Latter-Day Pamphlets:
      The kind of persons who excite or give signal to such revolutions — students, young men of letters […], or fierce and justly bankrupt desperadoes, acting everywhere on the discontent of the millions and blowing it into flame, — might give rise to reflections as to the character of our epoch.
    • 1918, Willa Cather, My Antonia, paperback edition, Mirado Modern Classics, page 6:
      Surely this was the face of a desperado.
  2. (colloquial) A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, an addict, etc.
    • 1981, Sam Grafstein, Dice Doctor:
      The shortstops and desperados were not permitted to play in this marker crap game.
  3. (colloquial) A person who is desperately in love or is desperate for a romantic or sexual relationship.
  4. (chess) A piece that seems determined to give itself up, typically to bring about stalemate or perpetual check.

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Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cebuanized form of English desperate, from Latin dēspērātus, past participle of dēspērō (to be without hope). Spanish desperado is a false friend.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: des‧pe‧ra‧do
  • IPA(key): /despeˈɾado/, [d̪ɪs̪.pɪˈɾ̪a.d̪ɔ]

Adjective[edit]

desperado (feminine desperada)

  1. in dire need of something
  2. being filled with, or in a state of despair; hopeless
  3. without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious

Verb[edit]

desperado (feminine desperada)

  1. to be in dire need of something
  2. to be reckless due to desperation

Noun[edit]

desperado (feminine desperada)

  1. a desperate male person

Quotations[edit]

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish desperado (desperate person), past participle of desperar, archaic form of desesperar (to despair).

Noun[edit]

desperado c (singular definite desperadoen, plural indefinite desperados or desperadoer)

  1. desperado (outlaw)

Declension[edit]

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References[edit]

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

< Spanish desperado

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈdesperɑ(ː)do/, [ˈde̞s̠pe̞ˌrɑ̝(ː)do̞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑdo
  • Syllabification(key): des‧pe‧ra‧do

Noun[edit]

desperado

  1. (chiefly in literature) desperado (SW US or Mexican outlaw)

Declension[edit]

Inflection of desperado (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative desperado desperadot
genitive desperadon desperadojen
partitive desperadoa desperadoja
illative desperadoon desperadoihin
singular plural
nominative desperado desperadot
accusative nom. desperado desperadot
gen. desperadon
genitive desperadon desperadojen
partitive desperadoa desperadoja
inessive desperadossa desperadoissa
elative desperadosta desperadoista
illative desperadoon desperadoihin
adessive desperadolla desperadoilla
ablative desperadolta desperadoilta
allative desperadolle desperadoille
essive desperadona desperadoina
translative desperadoksi desperadoiksi
abessive desperadotta desperadoitta
instructive desperadoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of desperado (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative desperadoni desperadoni
accusative nom. desperadoni desperadoni
gen. desperadoni
genitive desperadoni desperadojeni
partitive desperadoani desperadojani
inessive desperadossani desperadoissani
elative desperadostani desperadoistani
illative desperadooni desperadoihini
adessive desperadollani desperadoillani
ablative desperadoltani desperadoiltani
allative desperadolleni desperadoilleni
essive desperadonani desperadoinani
translative desperadokseni desperadoikseni
abessive desperadottani desperadoittani
instructive
comitative desperadoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative desperadosi desperadosi
accusative nom. desperadosi desperadosi
gen. desperadosi
genitive desperadosi desperadojesi
partitive desperadoasi desperadojasi
inessive desperadossasi desperadoissasi
elative desperadostasi desperadoistasi
illative desperadoosi desperadoihisi
adessive desperadollasi desperadoillasi
ablative desperadoltasi desperadoiltasi
allative desperadollesi desperadoillesi
essive desperadonasi desperadoinasi
translative desperadoksesi desperadoiksesi
abessive desperadottasi desperadoittasi
instructive
comitative desperadoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative desperadomme desperadomme
accusative nom. desperadomme desperadomme
gen. desperadomme
genitive desperadomme desperadojemme
partitive desperadoamme desperadojamme
inessive desperadossamme desperadoissamme
elative desperadostamme desperadoistamme
illative desperadoomme desperadoihimme
adessive desperadollamme desperadoillamme
ablative desperadoltamme desperadoiltamme
allative desperadollemme desperadoillemme
essive desperadonamme desperadoinamme
translative desperadoksemme desperadoiksemme
abessive desperadottamme desperadoittamme
instructive
comitative desperadoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative desperadonne desperadonne
accusative nom. desperadonne desperadonne
gen. desperadonne
genitive desperadonne desperadojenne
partitive desperadoanne desperadojanne
inessive desperadossanne desperadoissanne
elative desperadostanne desperadoistanne
illative desperadoonne desperadoihinne
adessive desperadollanne desperadoillanne
ablative desperadoltanne desperadoiltanne
allative desperadollenne desperadoillenne
essive desperadonanne desperadoinanne
translative desperadoksenne desperadoiksenne
abessive desperadottanne desperadoittanne
instructive
comitative desperadoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative desperadonsa desperadonsa
accusative nom. desperadonsa desperadonsa
gen. desperadonsa
genitive desperadonsa desperadojensa
partitive desperadoaan
desperadoansa
desperadojaan
desperadojansa
inessive desperadossaan
desperadossansa
desperadoissaan
desperadoissansa
elative desperadostaan
desperadostansa
desperadoistaan
desperadoistansa
illative desperadoonsa desperadoihinsa
adessive desperadollaan
desperadollansa
desperadoillaan
desperadoillansa
ablative desperadoltaan
desperadoltansa
desperadoiltaan
desperadoiltansa
allative desperadolleen
desperadollensa
desperadoilleen
desperadoillensa
essive desperadonaan
desperadonansa
desperadoinaan
desperadoinansa
translative desperadokseen
desperadoksensa
desperadoikseen
desperadoiksensa
abessive desperadottaan
desperadottansa
desperadoittaan
desperadoittansa
instructive
comitative desperadoineen
desperadoinensa

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English desperado.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

desperado m (plural desperados)

  1. desperado

Further reading[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /despeˈɾado/ [d̪es.peˈɾa.ð̞o]
  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Syllabification: des‧pe‧ra‧do

Adjective[edit]

desperado (feminine desperada, masculine plural desperados, feminine plural desperadas)

  1. Obsolete form of desesperado.

Participle[edit]

desperado (feminine desperada, masculine plural desperados, feminine plural desperadas)

  1. past participle of desperar

Further reading[edit]

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably a pseudo-Hispanism, from English desperate, and influenced by Spanish desesperado.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: des‧pe‧ra‧do
  • IPA(key): /despeˈɾado/, [dɛs.pɛˈɾa.do]

Adjective[edit]

desperado (feminine desperada, Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜉᜒᜇᜇᜓ)

  1. (common) alternative form of desesperado: desperate; hopeless