desperado

(dĕs'pə-rä'dō, -rā'-)
n., pl., -does, or -dos.
A bold or desperate outlaw, especially of the American frontier.

[Probably from Spanish desperado, desesperado, desperate person, from past participle of desesperar, to despair, from Latin dēspērāre. See despair.]

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is pronounced des-pǝ-rah-doh, and has the plural form desperadoes.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - desperado

Nederlands (Dutch)
desperado (bandiet/ woesteling)

Français (French)
n. - desperado, bandit, hors-la-loi

Deutsch (German)
n. - Bandit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αδίστακτος κακοποιός

Italiano (Italian)
bandito

Português (Portuguese)
n. - criminoso (m)

Русский (Russian)
головорез

Español (Spanish)
n. - bandido, forajido

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - desperado

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
暴徒, 亡命之徒

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 暴徒, 亡命之徒

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 무법자, 지독한

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 命知らずの悪漢, 無法者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شخص يرتكب أعمال خطرة وبخاصه الجرائم دون أن يقلق على نفسه أو الآخرين, مجرم يائس أو مستهتر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פושע‬

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