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1950, Martin M. Goldsmith, The Miraculous Fish of Domingo Gonzales, New York, N.Y.: W. W. Norton & Company, page 72:
The virgins of the village, Rosalina ironically among them, circled and recircled the plaza clockwise, replying adiós to the adióses of the eligible young men who were circling and re-circling the plaza counter-clockwise.
We said our adióses and Chulo left, leaving me sitting, waiting, and drinking whiskey.
2010, Susan Froderberg, Old Border Road, Back Bay Books, published 2011, →ISBN:
After a bit, she and Son say their adióses and head out the door and get into the pickup truck, and the two of them damned bandits just drive right off.
2019, Michael Curran, Connor Race: The Tontine Plot, Christian Faith Publishing, Inc., →ISBN:
Okay, Jefe, I’ll get us a car while you two say your adióses.
Usage notes
Although this is the Spanish spelling, the plural of Spanish adiós is adioses, not adióses.
Verb
adiós (third-person singular simple presentadióses, present participleadiósing, simple past and past participleadiósed)
Adiós, first-rate bagels and cream cheese and marmalade, fresh-squeezed juice and fresh-ground coffee, as we’ve adiósed already our fine firm king-size bed: […]
This exists within Algherese in general use and also outside Algherese as a Castilianism, existing and seeing use in both cases alongside the native adeu.
Macanese
Macanese phrasebook
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