diego
/diˈeɪ.ɡoʊ/
diego noun: a Spanish-speaker, especially from Latin America.
Noun (1)
diego (plural diegos)
- A 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!1987, Glyn Hughes, The Rape of the Rose, page 177
- "... 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."1985, Robert Anton Wilson, The Widow's Son (The Historical Illuminatus Chronicles), page 17
Proper noun capitalized: Diego
Diego (plural Diegos)
- A male given name from Spanish Diego.
- Diego Maradona is helping in the fight against coronavirus in his home city by autographing a replica of the Argentina jersey he wore in the country’s 1986 World Cup final triumph to raise money for an underprivileged community.2020 May 9, Paul Gittings, “Diego Maradona autographs shirt to help poor district of Buenos Aires”, in CNN
Noun (2) capitalized: Diego
Diego (plural Diegos)
- Alternative letter-case form of diego (“Spanish speaker”).
- I suppose the grog they serve out so liberally to those "Diegos" to keep up their courage in a fight had something to do with it. By Jove! that was a narrow escape.1936, John Samson, chapter X, in In the Dictator's Grip: A Story of Adventure
- "You tell the law what happened out there at Rancho Del Robles Viejo. Those Mexicans have been getting away with things too long around this country. Think they still own it. It's time those Diegos were taken down a notch."2000, L. J. Martin, Condor Canyon, Pinnacle Books, →ISBN
diego meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
diego in Hindi
- डियागो, डियेगो
diego in Urdu
- ڈیگو, ڈائیگو, ڈیاگو
diego in Bengali
- ডিগো
diego in Telugu
- డియాగో, డిగో
More languagesFewer languages
- diego in Malayalam
- ദീഗോ, ഡിയാഗോ
- diego in Kannada
- ಡಿಯಾಗೋ
- diego in Gujarati
- ડિયેગો
- diego in Odia
- ଡିଗୋ, ଡିଆଗୋ
- diego in Nepali
- डिगो, डियागो
Forms of diego
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | diegos |
| plural | Diegos |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Diegos |
Origin of diego
From Spanish Diego.
Borrowed from Spanish Diego, from an Iberian Didacus, of uncertain origin.
Words formed from diego
Phrases with diego
Questions about diego
- What does diego mean?
- Diego means a Spanish-speaker, especially from Latin America.
- What is diego in Hindi?
- Diego in Hindi is डियागो, डियेगो. See Diego meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is diego?
- Diego can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce diego?
- Diego is pronounced /diˈeɪ.ɡoʊ/.
- What is the plural of diego?
- The plural of diego is diegos.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: diego (page history and authors); Diego (page history and authors); diego (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); diego (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); diego (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); diego (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); diego (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); diego (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); diego (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); diego (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); diego (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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