adios

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See also: adiós

English

Alternative forms

adiós

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish adiós; see there for more. Doublet of adieu.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌæ.diˈɒs/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɑ.diˈoʊs/, /ˌɑ.diˈɔs/

Interjection

adios

(in Spanish contexts) goodbye
Synonyms: addio, adieu, aloha, arrivederci, auf Wiedersehen, au revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, cheers, ciao, farewell, good-by, good-bye, goodbye, good day, sayonara, shalom, ayubowan, so long, do svidanya

Translations

goodbye — see goodbye

Noun

adios (plural adioses)

A goodbye.
- 1982, Gordon DeMarco, The Canvas Prison, Germinal Press, →ISBN, page 123:
  In fifteen minutes I had finished eating, swilled a cup of industrial strength scorch, got Solly’s keys and all the dope on how to handle his big new DeSoto, received a sack of ribs from Cleo to eat along the way and paid my adioses to Trumbo and Len Fugate who saw Helen and me to the door.
- 1989 October, Dave Gerard, “’68”, in Assembly, volume XLVIII, number 3, New York, N.Y.: the Association of Graduates, USMA, pages 121–122:
  Bill McCauley also said his adioses as he’s departing this summer to rejuvenate the DCS for Doctrine at TRADOC.
- 2005, Food Arts:
  At the end of the evening, some of the students accompanied Lezama back to the religious residence where he was staying and said their adioses.

Verb

adios (third-person singular simple present adioses, present participle adiosing, simple past and past participle adiosed)

To leave; to literally or figuratively say “adios” to.
- 2003, Vivian Livingston, as told to Sherrie Krantz, Vivian Lives, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 93:
  About an hour later I adiosed the office.
- 2019, Jessica Shubert, My Name is Runaway, Page Publishing, Inc., →ISBN:
  “Oh, yes, I’m so happy that my latest codelincuente has adiosed me,” I scoff.
- 2020, Melanie Greene, Roll Play, →ISBN:
  Three cups later, he and Juana stacked together their collated notes and he adiosed the kids and caregivers.
- 2021, James Patterson, David Ellis, The Red Book, Penguin Books, →ISBN:
  “ONE THING you need to be clear on,” Patti says after we’ve adiosed the scene, doubling back now to drive me to my car.
To get rid of.
- 1993, Scott Turow, Pleading Guilty, Viking, →ISBN, page 244:
  By the time they got there, somebody’d adiosed the corpse.
- 2008, Suzanne Brockmann, Into the Fire, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 219:
  She also adiosed the eye contact.

Anagrams

Aidos, Odias, aidos

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Spanish adiós.

Interjection

adiós

goodbye

Ido

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈadi̯ɔs/

Verb

adios

future of adiar

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish adios. Doublet of adieu and adio.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈdi.jɔs/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ijɔs
Syllabification: a‧di‧os

Interjection

adios

(colloquial) adios, goodbye

References

Further reading

adios in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈdjos/
Rhymes: -os
Syllabification: a‧dios

Interjection

adios

Anglicization of adiós.

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