dioguarde

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Dioguardi (“God saves”). Equivalent to a blend of Dios +‎ guarde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /djoˈɡwaɾde/ [d̪joˈɣ̞waɾ.ð̞e]
• Rhymes: -aɾde
• Syllabification: dio‧guar‧de

Interjection

dioguarde

1. (colloquial, El Salvador, less common) Alternative spelling of diocuarde

   ¡Dioguarde, qué desorden hiciste!

   Oh my God, what a mess you've done!

   • 1982, Tomás Guillermo López Fortis, Cuentos de camino rial, page 24:

     El abogado, bastante tomado, trataba de convencer a la Ritiya Moncagua que le diera palabra y ésta, bajando las pestañas colochas, le respondía "Dioguarde, mi mama es delicada y mis hermanos alebrestados".

     The lawyer, very drunk, tried to convince Ritiya Moncagua to give him the chance to speak and she, lowering her curly eyelashes, retorted "Oh my god, my mom is delicated and my siblings are nervous".

   • 2021 June 15, Carlos Alfaro Rivas, “Welcome to Bitcoinland”, in La Prensa Gráfica‎^[1], archived from the original on 2024-06-15:

     Según entiendo, bitcóin es el underground financiero que pretende destronar al FMI, es especulación; es Las Vegas style finance; es un subibaja que hace y deshace fortunas; es data mining que chupa energía y contamina de a galán, razón por la que Elon Musk tuiteó que ya no aceptaría bitcoines en la venta de sus Tesla, y el bitcóin se desplomó. Dioguarde, y con eso nos quieren pagar.

     As I understand, Bitcoin is the underground financier that pretends to dethrone FMI, it is speculation; it is Las Vegas style finance; it is a seesaw [fluctuation] that creates and takes away fortune; it is data mining that sucks energy and pollutes copiously, so that Elon Musk tweeted he would not accept Bitcoin on his Tesla sales, and Bitcoin fell. Oh my god, and you want to pay us with that.