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Diego
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diego
English
Etymology
en es Diego, from an Iberian la Didacus, of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
en /diˈeɪ.ɡoʊ/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Diego.wav Southern England
Proper noun
s
en male es:Diego.
en Paul Gittings Diego Maradona autographs shirt to help poor district of Buenos Aires w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/09/football/diego-maradona-signed-shirt-donation-coronavirus-intl-spt/index.html 2020-05-09 Diego Maradona is helping in the fight against coronavirus in his home city by autographing a replica of the Argentina jersey he wore in the country’s 1986 World Cup final triumph to raise money for an underprivileged community. https://web.archive.org/web/20230520170901/https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/09/football/diego-maradona-signed-shirt-donation-coronavirus-intl-spt/index.html 20 May 2023
Derived terms
en Diego Silang Diego Martin Diego Garcia Diego-Suarez
Translations
male given name
Arabic: ar دَيَيغُو diyēḡō
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 迭戈 Diégē
Esperanto: eo Diego, eo Jakobo
French: fr Diego m
Greek: el Ντιέγκο
Hebrew: he דייגו
Hindi: hi दिएगो m
Japanese: ja ディエゴ Diego
Korean: ko ^디에고
Latin: la Didacus m
Persian: fa دیگو diyego
Polish: pl Diego m
Portuguese: pt Diogo m
Russian: ru Дие́го m
Spanish: es Diego m
Yiddish: yi דיעגאָ
Noun
en diego Spanish speaker.
en 1936 John Samson In the Dictator's Grip: A Story of Adventure X I suppose the grog they serve out so liberally to those "Diegos" to keep up their courage in a fight had something to do with it. By Jove! that was a narrow escape.
en 2000 L. J. Martin Condor Canyon Pinnacle Books 9780786011315 "You tell the law what happened out there at Rancho Del Robles Viejo. Those Mexicans have been getting away with things too long around this country. Think they still own it. It's time those Diegos were taken down a notch."
en 2006 Lila Guzmán; Rick Guzmán Lorenzo and the Turncoat Arte Publico Press 159 The savory aroma of ham and eggs in Jubilee's special sauce wafted toward him. His mouth watered. He reached for his knife and fork. Beyond the fort's walls, a cannon thundered. "Damn those Diegos!" Dickson muttered. "Impossible to eat a meal in peace."
en 2010 Yxta Maya Murray The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Kidnapped Penguin 9781101196540 "[F]orget the confession; I heard about what you did to those Diegos. All I need to know is, can I trust you? Time was, I could with my life—" His eyes darkened.
References
Anagrams
en degio dogie geoid
French
Etymology
fr :bor es:Diego
From fr es Diego.
Pronunciation
Diégo
Proper noun
m
fr male
Galician
thumb|Archbishop Diego Gelmirez of Santiago de Compostela (ca 1069 – ca 1140), Didaco in this Latin chartulary
Etymology
From the local gl la-eme Didacus, attested since the 8th century. While frequently used as an alternative form of en James, so equating this name and gl Santiago or gl Iago, there is no etymological relation between the two names.Lidia Becker Hispano-romanisches Namenbuch https://books.google.com/books?id=b7MSDzZuuGUC 31 July 2018 2009 Walter de Gruyter 978-3-484-55523-5 385-392
Pronunciation
Diègo
gl Die go
Proper noun
m
gl male
Derived terms
gl Diéguez
Related terms
gl Díaz
gl Diz
References
Italian
it:
Etymology
it es Diego, from the local it la-med Didacus, attested since the 8th century.
Pronunciation
Diègo,Diégo<r:DiPI>
Proper noun
m
it male
References
Anagrams
it degio geodi godei
Portuguese
Pronunciation
[e:é]
pt Di e go
Proper noun
m +
pt male Spanish
Spanish
Etymology
From an Iberian name, es la Didacus, recorded from the 8th century, of unknown origin. Various suggestions include Greek, Basque and Celtiberian derivation, without wide acceptance of any proposal.
The name Didacus is recorded in the vernacular as Diaco, Diago by the 10th century. The earliest record of the form Diego is of the late 11th century. Diego is the standard form in Spanish by the 14th century.
There has been a widespread folk etymology, current from at least the early 19th century, to the effect that the name is a reanalysis of es la Sanctus Iacobus Saint James,
i.e. Sant-Yago read as San-Tiago, whence Diego. It has been common practice in Spanish to equate Jacob, Iacobus with Diego throughout the 19th and 20th centuries,
e.g. the Enciclopedia Espasa-Calpe (1920) lists a number of Italian and German saints named Jacobo, Jakob under Diego. This derivation has been recognized as folk etymological since at least the 1970s.
es
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m
es male
Derived terms
es donde dije digo, digo Diego San Diego Díaz
Descendants
1 en Diego
1 it Diego
zh 迭戈 1
References
Lidia Becker, Hispano-romanisches Namenbuch: Untersuchung der Personennamen vorrömischer, griechischer und lateinisch-romanischer Etymologie auf der Iberischen Halbinsel im Mittelalter (6.-12. Jahrhundert), Walter de Gruyter (2009), 385–389.