amigo
noun
ami·go
ə-ˈmē-(ˌ)gō 
ä-
plural amigos
informal
: friend
Special amigos Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston check out the sights in Granada, Spain.—
Cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan… what's a few billion among amigos?—William Greider
William Greider
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Examples of amigo in a Sentence
is it all right if I bring my amigo Ben to the party?
Recent Examples on the Web
The last show Steely Dan played was September 20 and all October dates won’t feature the gaucho amigos.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2023
According to your co-stars, there’s a new amigo.
—Margy Rochlin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2021
Your ego is not your amigo.
—Christian Espinosa, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021
His amigo and countryman Alfonso Cuarón was also nominated — in the best short film category — as a producer of Le Pupille.
—Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 24 Jan. 2023
That fish — Portugal’s fiel amigo, or faithful friend — is still salted and dried here, though it is now pulled from Norwegian waters.
—Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2022
Forget who killed Tim Kono (Julian Cihi), the biggest twist in Hulu's murder mystery comedy was the criminally delightful chemistry between veteran comedic partners Martin Short and Steve Martin and their unexpected third amigo, Selena Gomez.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 27 Dec. 2021
The summits abruptly ended after that since Obama's successor, President Donald Trump, had no interest in being anybody's amigo, as his campaign based on insulting Mexicans and an outrageous sulk at the G7 summit in Canada made quite clear.
—Stephen Collinson, CNN, 18 Nov. 2021
The Kentucky Rain cocktail is made with Casamigos tequila, the brand founded by George and his amigo Rande Gerber, and sold to Diageo in 2017 for a whopping $700 million.
—Patti Nickell, chicagotribune.com, 25 July 2019
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Devon Ivie, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2023
According to your co-stars, there’s a new amigo.
—Margy Rochlin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2021
Your ego is not your amigo.
—Christian Espinosa, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021
His amigo and countryman Alfonso Cuarón was also nominated — in the best short film category — as a producer of Le Pupille.
—Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 24 Jan. 2023
That fish — Portugal’s fiel amigo, or faithful friend — is still salted and dried here, though it is now pulled from Norwegian waters.
—Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2022
Forget who killed Tim Kono (Julian Cihi), the biggest twist in Hulu's murder mystery comedy was the criminally delightful chemistry between veteran comedic partners Martin Short and Steve Martin and their unexpected third amigo, Selena Gomez.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 27 Dec. 2021
The summits abruptly ended after that since Obama's successor, President Donald Trump, had no interest in being anybody's amigo, as his campaign based on insulting Mexicans and an outrageous sulk at the G7 summit in Canada made quite clear.
—Stephen Collinson, CNN, 18 Nov. 2021
The Kentucky Rain cocktail is made with Casamigos tequila, the brand founded by George and his amigo Rande Gerber, and sold to Diageo in 2017 for a whopping $700 million.
—Patti Nickell, chicagotribune.com, 25 July 2019
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“Amigo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amigo. Accessed 29 Nov. 2023.
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