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da·go

also Da·go D5006600 (dā′gō)n. pl. da·gos or da·goes Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person of Italian, Spanish, or Portuguese descent.

[Alteration of Spanish Diego, a common male given name (taken in late medieval times to be a shortening and alteration of Sant Iago, Saint James), from Old Spanish, alteration of earlier Diago, from earlier Didago, probably of pre-Roman Iberian origin and perhaps from or akin to Celtiberian Titiakos, of or belonging to the Titii, a Celtiberian tribe of the middle Ebro valIey.]

dago

(ˈdeɪɡəʊ) n, pl -gos or -goesderogatory a member of a Latin race, esp a Spaniard or Portuguese[C19: alteration of Diego, a common Spanish name]

da•go

(ˈdeɪ goʊ)

n., pl. -gos, -goes. usage: This term is a slur and should be avoided. It is used with disparaging intent and is perceived as highly insulting.—n. (a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of Italian or sometimes Spanish origin or descent.) (often cap.) Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. [1715–25, Amer.; alter. of Diego < Sp: a given name]

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dago - (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descentginzo, greaseball, wop, Guineaderogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or somethingethnic slur - a slur on someone's race or languagejargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"Italian - a native or inhabitant of Italy

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noun (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent

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