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  • dago
    dago
    noun
    a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of Italian or sometimes Spanish origin or descent.
  • Dagö
    Dagö
    noun
    Swedish name of Hiiumaa.

dago

1 American  
[dey-goh] / ˈdeɪ goʊ /

noun

(often initial capital letter)
dagos, plural dagoes plural
  1. a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of Italian or sometimes Spanish origin or descent.


Dagö 2 American  
[dahg-œ] / ˈdɑgˌœ /

noun

  1. Swedish name of Hiiumaa.


dago British  
/ ˈdeɪɡəʊ /

noun

  1. derogatory a member of a Latin race, esp a Spaniard or Portuguese

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of dago

1715–25, alteration of Diego < Spanish: a given name

Example Sentences

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Escapa hadi, Carlomano erreghe, hire luma beltzekin eta hire capa gorriarekin; Hire iloba maitea, Errolan zangarra, hantchet hila dago; Bere zangartasuna beretaco ez tu izan.

From Basque Legends With an Essay on the Basque Language by Webster, Wentworth

Where'er he be, the Lord be near him!—Igo, and ago, As for the deil, he daur na steer him.—Iram, coram, dago.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

Fal de ral, de ral, Iram coram dago; Fal de ral, de ral, Here's success to Maga!

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 470, January 8, 1831 by Various

Is he slain by Hielan' bodies?—Igo, and ago, And eaten like a wether haggis?—Iram, coram, dago.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

But please transmit the enclosed letter, Igo and ago, Which will oblige your humble debtor, Iram, coram, dago.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

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