dago

¹ American  

[dey-goh] / ˈdeɪ goʊ /

noun

(often initial capital letter)

plural

dagos, dagoes

1. a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of Italian or sometimes Spanish origin or descent.

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Dagö ² American  

[dahg-œ] / ˈdɑgˌœ /

noun

1. Swedish name of Hiiumaa.

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dago British  

/ ˈdeɪɡəʊ /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of dago

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

Example Sentences

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

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

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

So may ye hae auld stanes in store,—Igo, and ago, The very stanes that Adam bore.—Iram, coram, dago, So may ye get in glad possession,—Igo, and ago, The coins o' Satan's coronation!—Iram coram dago.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

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

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