bandito
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian bandito. Doublet of bandit.
Noun
bandito (plural banditos)
- A bandit, particularly of the type associated with Mexico.
- 1994 March 18, Patrick Griffin, “Let's Ban Smoking Outright”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
- 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[2]:
- 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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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /banˈdito/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ito
- Hyphenation: ban‧di‧to
Noun
bandito (accusative singular banditon, plural banditoj, accusative plural banditojn)
Italian
Etymology
Past participle of bandire (“to ban”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /banˈdi.to/
- Rhymes: -ito
- Hyphenation: ban‧dì‧to
Noun
bandito m (plural banditi)
Participle
bandito (feminine bandita, masculine plural banditi, feminine plural bandite)
- past participle of bandire