rago
See also: Rago
English edit
Etymology edit
Possibly derived from rage.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
rago (comparative more rago, superlative most rago)
- (MLE, slang) Wild, out of control.
- 2016 November 24, Fliptrix ft. Ocean Wisdom (lyrics and music), “Burn It”[1]:
- I'm going so rago, blowing up like ammo / Burning cro 'till I feel it in my bone marrow
- 2020, Gabriel Krauze, Who They Was, London: 4th Estate, →ISBN, page 225:
- Then she says you know what made me fall in love with Gotti? It was how rago he was. He didn’t give a fuck about what anyone thought.
References edit
- ^ Jonathon Green (2024) “rago adv.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
Further reading edit
- “rago”, in Urban Dictionary, launched 1999.
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rago m (plural raghi)
- (slang) Abbreviation of ragazzo.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Possibly onomatopoetic.
Verb edit
ragō (present infinitive ragere, perfect active raguī, supine ragitum); third conjugation
- (Late Latin, Vulgar Latin, Early Medieval Latin, of animals, especially bovines and cervines) to cry, roar, bellow, low, troat, make noises
Derived terms edit
- *ragulāre (Vulgar Latin)
Descendants edit
Yoruba edit
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Noun edit
ràgó