Amigo

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish amigo (“friend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmiːɡo/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: A‧mi‧go

Noun

Amigo m (strong, genitive Amigos, plural Amigos)

1. (politics, derogatory) member of a clique, profiteer of cronyism, corrupt politician (especially in Bavaria)

   Synonym: Spezl

   • 2007 January 26, Christoph Seils, “Das System wankt.”, in Zeit Online‎^[1]:

     Schon nach dem Tod von Franz Josef Strauß 1987 und nach dem Rücktritt des Amigos Streibl 1993 wandten sich viele Wähler von der CSU ab.

     After Franz Josef Strauß's death in 1987 as well as the resignation of his crony Streibl in 1993, many voters had already turned away from the CSU.

Declension

Declension of Amigo [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Amigo	die	Amigos
genitive	eines	des	Amigos	der	Amigos
dative	einem	dem	Amigo	den	Amigos
accusative	einen	den	Amigo	die	Amigos

Derived terms

• Amigo-Affäre

See also

• Klüngel

Further reading

• “Amigo” in Duden online
• “Amigo”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[2] (in German)

Hunsrik

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-der.

Proto-Italic *amāō

Latin amō

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -īcus

Latin amīcus

Old Galician-Portuguese amigo

Brazilian Portuguese amigobor.

Hunsrik Amigo

Unadapted borrowing from Brazilian Portuguese amigo. Has mostly displaced Freind.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmiːko/
• Rhymes: -iːko
• Syllabification: A‧mi‧go

Noun

Amigo m (plural Amigos, feminine Amiga)

1. friend

Spanish

Etymology

From amigo (“friend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmiɡo/ [aˈmi.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -iɡo
• Syllabification: A‧mi‧go

Proper noun

Amigo m or f by sense

1. a surname