rago

See also: Rago

English

Etymology

Possibly derived from rage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹæ.ɡoʊ/

Adjective

rago (comparative more rago, superlative most rago)

1. (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.

Further reading

• “rago”, in Urban Dictionary, launched 1999.

Anagrams

• goar, Argo, Goar, gora, Agro, grao, Gora, agro, Garo, agro-

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.ɡo/
• Rhymes: -aɡo
• Hyphenation: rà‧go

Noun

rago m (plural raghi)

1. (slang) Abbreviation of ragazzo.

Latin

Etymology

Possibly onomatopoetic.

Verb

ragō (present infinitive ragere, perfect active raguī, supine ragitum); third conjugation

1. (Late Latin, Vulgar Latin, Early Medieval Latin, of animals, especially bovines and cervines) to cry, roar, bellow, low, troat, make noises

Derived terms

• *ragulāre (Vulgar Latin)

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Romanian: rage
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: raire
    • Middle French: raire, reer
      • French: raire, réer

Yoruba

Etymology

From Hausa rā̀gō

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾà.ɡó/

Noun

ràgó

1. a species of brown goat or ram native to Hausaland

Related terms

• ewúrẹ́ (“goat”)
• àgbò (“ram”)