bandito

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bandito. Doublet of bandit.

Noun

bandito (plural banditos)

  1. A bandit, particularly of the type associated with Mexico
    • 1994 March 18, Patrick Griffin, “Let's Ban Smoking Outright”, in Chicago Reader:
      But I was at an age when a stinking twist of additive-soaked tobacco wrapped in brown paper could transform me into a kind of pale, stubble-free Irish bandito.
    • 2007 September 19, Douglas Martin, “Gene Savoy, Flamboyant Explorer of Ruins, Dies at 80”, in New York Times:
      Gene Savoy, an amateur archaeologist whose success in finding some 40 Incan and pre-Incan ruins in Peru was matched by a flair for self-promotion that drew on his tales of peril in the jungle, his bandito mustache and Stetson hat, and a retinue of would-be explorers who paid to accompany him, died on Sept. 11 at his home in Reno, Nev. He was 80.

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [banˈdito]
  • Audio:
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  • Rhymes: -ito
  • Hyphenation: ban‧di‧to

Noun

bandito (accusative singular banditon, plural banditoj, accusative plural banditojn)

  1. bandit
    Hypernym: rabisto

Italian

Etymology

Past participle of bandire (to ban).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /banˈdi.to/
  • Rhymes: -ito
  • Hyphenation: ban‧dì‧to

Noun

bandito m (plural banditi)

  1. bandit, outlaw

Participle

bandito (feminine bandita, masculine plural banditi, feminine plural bandite)

  1. past participle of bandire
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