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Significados de desperado en inglés

portugués
bandido
catalán
criminal desesperat

A bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)

bandido
ruso
desperado
catalán
desperado

Chess term; piece that is "en prise" or trapped, but captures an enemy piece before it is itself captured.

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Uso de desperado en inglés
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But I was brave enough now; a very desperado in the daylight.
Wanderers
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The full current of the river was between them and the desperado.
Ben Blair / The Story of a Plainsman
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An armed desperado slapped my face in the presence of twenty spectators.
What Is Man? and Other Essays
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One eye still on the desperado, he searched for the steel handcuffs.
Man-Size
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He is the desperado frantically clutching at an uncertain and impossible satisfaction.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series
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What hardened ferocity in the countenance of the desperado in yellow breeches!
Roundabout Papers
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They're watching this house for a desperado who assaulted some one outside.
The Big-Town Round-Up
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After a moment of sullen reflection the desperado said, Five hundred dollars!
Overland: A Novel
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Damn fool mechanic for desperado duties aiding and abetting Audubon Ballroom sociopaths-
Cauldron of Ghosts
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My dear Lizzie, every desperado in the country takes refuge in the Rockies.
Tish: The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions
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Then the posse vanished on the fresh trail of the desperado.
The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf; Or, Rescuing the Lost Balloonists
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The desperado staggered to the sled and leaned against it faintly.
Man-Size
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The other evidences that Charles was a desperado the writer described as follows:
Mob Rule in New Orleans / Robert Charles and His Fight to Death,...
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The broken teeth of the desperado clicked as his jaw clamped.
Man-Size
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Of course, I judged he wasn't an actual cowboy, but a desperado instead.
Savage
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That desperado did not know anyone anywhere within a thousand miles.
Victory: An Island Tale
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Translations for desperado
portugués
bandido
Desperado a través del tiempo
Desperado por variante geográfica
Reino Unido
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