bandito
English
Alternative forms
Noun
bandito (plural banditos)
- A bandit, particularly of the type associated with Mexico
- 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:
(file) - Rhymes: -ito
- Hyphenation: ban‧di‧to
Italian
Etymology
Past participle of bandire (“to ban”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /banˈdi.to/
- Rhymes: -ito
- Hyphenation: ban‧dì‧to
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