diego
nouncommon in dialogue
A Spanish-speaker, especially from Latin America.
noun
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slangA Spanish-speaker, especially from Latin America.
They're just like Ludds, them diegos — nothing but a load of scum. I've seen 'ow they live. O' course, we soldiers dwell in mud 'alf the time, but that's different. We're building an empire. But them diegos! Them Jimmies! Well, I tell you!
"... Around twenty years old and pretty tall for a diego, maybe five-seven or five-eight." / "A diego?" Armand said. "He's a diego?" / "From Napoli."
Now I don't know what it is with the diegos, but as we were walking back to the hotel a couple of them started giving us a bit of verbals.
Etymology
From Spanish Diego.
Forms
- plural
- diegos
didi · A respectful term of address to any familiar older female.Didi · A female given name.die · To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
diego · A Spanish-speaker, especially from Latin America.
Diego · A male given name from Spanish Diego.Diem · A surname.Dies · One of the Protogenoi, the Protogenos personification of day.…