dago

1. 1.

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

   SynonymswopginzoGuineagreaseball

   BroaderItalian

   ethnic slur · disparagement · slang

Other forms of dago

plural

dagoes

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dago

What does dago mean?

dago means "(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent".

How many syllables are in dago?

dago has 2 syllables: da-go. The stress falls on "da".

What is another word for dago?

Close synonyms include wop, ginzo, Guinea, greaseball. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dago a common word?

dago is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.