English-Thai Dictionary

desperado

N อาชญากร  หัวขโมย  โจร  ขุนโจร  ผู้ร้าย  bandit ruffian outlaw desperados aud-cha-ya-kam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DESPERADO

n.A desperate fellow; a furious man; a madman; a person urged by furious passions; one fearless, or regardless of safety.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DESPERADO

Des `per *a "do, n.; pl. Desperadoes. Etym: [OSp. desperado, p. p. of desperar, fr. L. desperare. See Desperate. ]

 

Defn: A reckless, furious man; a person urged by furious passions, and regardless of consequence; a wild ruffian.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

desperado

des per a do |ˌdespəˈrädō ˌdɛspəˈrɑdoʊ | ▶noun ( pl. desperadoes or desperados ) a desperate or reckless person, esp. a criminal. DERIVATIVES des per a do ism |-ˌizəm |noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: pseudo-Spanish alteration of the obsolete noun desperate. Both desperate and desperado originally denoted a person in despair or in a desperate situation, hence someone made reckless by despair.

 

Oxford Dictionary

desperado

desperado |ˌdɛspəˈrɑːdəʊ | ▶noun ( pl. desperadoes or desperados ) dated a desperate or reckless person, especially a criminal. DERIVATIVES desperadoism noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: pseudo-Spanish alteration of the obsolete noun desperate. Both desperate and desperado originally denoted a person in despair or in a desperate situation, hence someone made reckless by despair.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

desperado

desperado noun dated a band of armed desperados: bandit, criminal, outlaw, lawbreaker, villain, renegade; robber, cutthroat, gangster, pirate.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

desperado

desperado noun a gun-toting desperado: bandit, criminal, outlaw, renegade, marauder, raider, robber, lawbreaker, villain; thug, ruffian, tough, hooligan, cut-throat; gangster, pirate, swashbuckler, terrorist, gunman, hoodlum.

 

Duden Dictionary

Desperado

De s pe ra do , Des pe ra do Substantiv, maskulin bildungssprachlich , der |Desper a do |der Desperado; Genitiv: des Desperados, Plural: die Desperados englisch desperado (beeinflusst von: desperate = verzweifelt, verwegen ) < spanisch desesperado = verzweifelt, 2. Partizip von: desesperar = verzweifeln, aus: des- (< lateinisch dis-, dis- , Dis- ) und esperar = hoffen < lateinisch sperare 1 zu jeder Verzweiflungstat entschlossener politischer Abenteurer 2 Bandit (besonders im Wilden Westen )

 

French Dictionary

desperado

desperado n. m. nom masculin Personne prête à s ’engager dans une entreprise désespérée. : Des desperados chiliens. Prononciation Le deuxième e se prononce é, [dɛsperado ]

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

desperado

des per a do /dèspərɑ́ːdoʊ, -réɪ -/〖＜スペイン 〗名詞 複 ～(e )s C ｟やや古 ｠無法者, ならず者, 無頼漢 .