barbudo
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of barbudo
< Caribbean Spanish, Spanish: bearded
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I speak with a number of art world figures connected to Cuba about what could emerge culturally now that El barbudo, the bearded one, is gone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2016
They became known as los barbudos — the bearded ones — and Castro retained his most distinctive feature throughout his lifetime.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2016
Almost certainly, he would be highly suspicious of Tito's reliance on a market economy and private farming, bewildered by Castro's wild-eyed barbudos, and appalled by Che's adventuristic forays in Latin America.
From Time Magazine Archive
The army would be a "people's army" built around los barbudos, the bearded veterans from the hills.
From Time Magazine Archive
The march of los barbudos, the bearded rebels who toppled Batista after two dogged years of guerrilla warfare, was complete.
From Time Magazine Archive
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