amigo

noun

ami·​go ə-ˈmē-(ˌ)gō How to pronounce amigo (audio)
ä-
plural amigos
informal
: friend
Special amigos Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston check out the sights in Granada, Spain.Cosmopolitan
… what's a few billion among amigos?William Greider

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 three amigos, Dean (Efron), JT (Andrew Santino) and Wes (Jermaine Fowler), regularly spin the Ricky excuse to help them shirk family obligations and catch sports games, concerts and other recreational pursuits. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2024 Now, with their significant others starting to get suspicious, the three amigos decide to hire an actor to play their imaginary friend. Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Mar. 2024 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

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Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Spanish, going back to Latin amīcus — more at amiable

First Known Use

1813, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of amigo was in 1813

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Cite this Entry

“Amigo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amigo. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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