"Diego" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /diˈeɪ.ɡoʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Diego.wav Forms: Diegos [plural]
Etymology: From Spanish Diego, from an Iberian Didacus, of uncertain origin. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|Diego}} Spanish Diego Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Diego (plural Diegos)
  1. A male given name from Spanish Diego. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names Derived forms: Diego Garcia, Diego Martin, Diego-Suarez Translations (male given name): دَيَيغُو (diyēḡō) (Arabic), 迭戈 (Diégē) (Chinese Mandarin), Diego (Esperanto), Jakobo (Esperanto), Diego [masculine] (French), Ντιέγκο (Ntiégko) (Greek), דייגו (Hebrew), ディエゴ (english: Diego) (Japanese), 디에고 (english: Diego) (Korean), Didacus [masculine] (Latin), دیگو (diyego) (Persian), Diego [masculine] (Polish), Diogo [masculine] (Portuguese), Дие́го (Dijégo) [masculine] (Russian), Diego [masculine] (Spanish), דיעגאָ (dyego) (Yiddish)
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Noun

IPA: /diˈeɪ.ɡoʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Diego.wav Forms: Diegos [plural]
Etymology: From Spanish Diego, from an Iberian Didacus, of uncertain origin. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|Diego}} Spanish Diego Head templates: {{en-noun}} Diego (plural Diegos)
  1. Alternative letter-case form of diego (“Spanish speaker”) Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: diego (extra: Spanish speaker)
    Sense id: en-Diego-en-noun-jKX2uWAu

Inflected forms

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          "diego",
          "diego#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/diˈeɪ.ɡoʊ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Diego.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ee/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Diego.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Diego.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ee/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Diego.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Diego.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Diego"
}

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