# desperado
## English
### Etymology

From obsolete Spanish desperado, past participle of desperar, archaic form of desesperar (“to despair”), from Latin disperare (“to despair, to lose hope”), from prefix dis- + sperare (“to hope”). Doublet of desperate.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /dɛspəˈɹɑːdəʊ/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

desperado (plural desperadoes or desperados)
* A bold outlaw, especially one from southern portions of the Wild West.
** 1850, Thomas Carlyle, “The present time”, in Latter-Day Pamphlets:The kind of persons who excite or give signal to such revolutions — students, young men of letters […], or fierce and justly bankrupt desperadoes, acting everywhere on the discontent of the millions and blowing it into flame, — might give rise to reflections as to the character of our epoch.
** 1918, Willa Cather, My Antonia, paperback edition, Mirado Modern Classics, page 6:Surely this was the face of a desperado.
* (colloquial) A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, an addict, etc.
** 1981, Sam Grafstein, Dice Doctor:The shortstops and desperados were not permitted to play in this marker crap game.
* (colloquial) A person who is desperately in love or is desperate for a romantic or sexual relationship.
* (chess) A piece that seems determined to give itself up, typically to bring about stalemate or perpetual check.

#### Derived terms

* desperadoism

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* dead-ropes

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Cebuanized form of English desperate, from Latin dēspērātus, past participle of dēspērō (“to be without hope”). Spanish desperado is a false friend.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: des‧pe‧ra‧do
* IPA: /despeˈɾado/ [d̪es̪.peˈɾ̪a.d̪o]

### Adjective

desperado (feminine desperada)
* in dire need of something
* being filled with, or in a state of despair; hopeless
* without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious

### Verb

desperado (feminine desperada)
* to be in dire need of something
* to be reckless due to desperation

### Noun

desperado (feminine desperada)
* a desperate male person

## Danish
### Etymology

From Spanish desperado (“desperate person”), past participle of desperar, archaic form of desesperar (“to despair”).

### Noun

desperado c (singular definite desperadoen, plural indefinite desperados or desperadoer)
* desperado (outlaw)

#### Declension
### See also

* desperat

### References

* “desperado” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish desperado

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdesperɑ(ː)do/, [ˈde̞s̠pe̞ˌrɑ̝(ː)do̞]
* Rhymes: -ɑdo
* Hyphenation: des‧pe‧ra‧do

### Noun

desperado
* (chiefly in literature) desperado (SW US or Mexican outlaw)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of desperado (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
desperadoni
desperadoni
accusative
nom.
desperadoni
desperadoni
gen.
desperadoni
genitive
desperadoni
desperadojeni
partitive
desperadoani
desperadojani
inessive
desperadossani
desperadoissani
elative
desperadostani
desperadoistani
illative
desperadooni
desperadoihini
adessive
desperadollani
desperadoillani
ablative
desperadoltani
desperadoiltani
allative
desperadolleni
desperadoilleni
essive
desperadonani
desperadoinani
translative
desperadokseni
desperadoikseni
abessive
desperadottani
desperadoittani
instructive
comitative
—desperadoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
desperadosi
desperadosi
accusative
nom.
desperadosi
desperadosi
gen.
desperadosi
genitive
desperadosi
desperadojesi
partitive
desperadoasi
desperadojasi
inessive
desperadossasi
desperadoissasi
elative
desperadostasi
desperadoistasi
illative
desperadoosi
desperadoihisi
adessive
desperadollasi
desperadoillasi
ablative
desperadoltasi
desperadoiltasi
allative
desperadollesi
desperadoillesi
essive
desperadonasi
desperadoinasi
translative
desperadoksesi
desperadoiksesi
abessive
desperadottasi
desperadoittasi
instructive
comitative
—desperadoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
desperadomme
desperadomme
accusative
nom.
desperadomme
desperadomme
gen.
desperadomme
genitive
desperadomme
desperadojemme
partitive
desperadoamme
desperadojamme
inessive
desperadossamme
desperadoissamme
elative
desperadostamme
desperadoistamme
illative
desperadoomme
desperadoihimme
adessive
desperadollamme
desperadoillamme
ablative
desperadoltamme
desperadoiltamme
allative
desperadollemme
desperadoillemme
essive
desperadonamme
desperadoinamme
translative
desperadoksemme
desperadoiksemme
abessive
desperadottamme
desperadoittamme
instructive
comitative
—desperadoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
desperadonne
desperadonne
accusative
nom.
desperadonne
desperadonne
gen.
desperadonne
genitive
desperadonne
desperadojenne
partitive
desperadoanne
desperadojanne
inessive
desperadossanne
desperadoissanne
elative
desperadostanne
desperadoistanne
illative
desperadoonne
desperadoihinne
adessive
desperadollanne
desperadoillanne
ablative
desperadoltanne
desperadoiltanne
allative
desperadollenne
desperadoillenne
essive
desperadonanne
desperadoinanne
translative
desperadoksenne
desperadoiksenne
abessive
desperadottanne
desperadoittanne
instructive
comitative
—desperadoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
desperadonsa
desperadonsa
accusative
nom.
desperadonsa
desperadonsa
gen.
desperadonsa
genitive
desperadonsa
desperadojensa
partitive
desperadoaan desperadoansa
desperadojaan desperadojansa
inessive
desperadossaan desperadossansa
desperadoissaan desperadoissansa
elative
desperadostaan desperadostansa
desperadoistaan desperadoistansa
illative
desperadoonsa
desperadoihinsa
adessive
desperadollaan desperadollansa
desperadoillaan desperadoillansa
ablative
desperadoltaan desperadoltansa
desperadoiltaan desperadoiltansa
allative
desperadolleen desperadollensa
desperadoilleen desperadoillensa
essive
desperadonaan desperadonansa
desperadoinaan desperadoinansa
translative
desperadokseen desperadoksensa
desperadoikseen desperadoiksensa
abessive
desperadottaan desperadottansa
desperadoittaan desperadoittansa
instructive
comitative
—desperadoineen desperadoinensa :

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English desperado.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɛs.pe.ʁa.do/

### Noun

desperado m (plural desperados)
* desperado

### Further reading

* “desperado”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /despeˈɾado/ [d̪es.peˈɾa.ð̞o]
* Rhymes: -ado
* Syllabification: des‧pe‧ra‧do

### Adjective

desperado (feminine desperada, masculine plural desperados, feminine plural desperadas)
* Obsolete form of desesperado.

### Participle

desperado (feminine desperada, masculine plural desperados, feminine plural desperadas)
* past participle of desperar

### Further reading

* “desperado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Probably a pseudo-Hispanism, from English desperate, and influenced by Spanish desesperado.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /despeˈɾado/ [d̪ɛs.pɛˈɾaː.d̪o]
* Rhymes: -ado
* Syllabification: des‧pe‧ra‧do

### Adjective

desperado (feminine desperada, Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜉᜒᜇᜇᜓ)
* (common) alternative form of des-esperado: desperate; hopeless