desperado
pronunciation
How to pronounce desperado in British English:
UK [ˌdespəˈrɑ:dəʊ]
How to pronounce desperado in American English:
US [ˌdespəˈrɑdoʊ]
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- Noun:
- a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)
Word Origin
- desperado (n.)
- c. 1600, "a person in despair," mock-Spanish version of desperate (n.) "reckless criminal" (1560s), from Latin desperatus (see desperation). There was an adjective desperado in Old Spanish, meaning "out of hope, desperate," but apparently it never was used as a noun and it probably has nothing to do with the English word. Meaning "a desperate or reckless man" is recorded from 1640s.
Example
- 1. Desperado , why dont you come to your senses ?
- 2. I 'm your friend smoky desperado from the west .
- 3. The desperado of greed and pity .
- 4. The desperado cowboy has caught all of the bank robbers .
- 5. This wolf is not a desperado , but a scoundrel .