deso

See also: déso

English

Etymology

des(ignated driver) +‎ -o

Noun

deso (plural desos)

1. (Australia, slang) A designated driver.

Anagrams

• Does, SOED, deos, does, dose, odes

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈdɛ.zu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈdə.zo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈde.zo]

Verb

deso

1. first-person singular present indicative of desar

See also: Yaso and yāso

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

From de +‎ so.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deso/

Adverb

deso

1. right there
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 24:28:

     Eniwe di ded badi de, a de-so jangkro a-go gyada.

     Wherever the dead body is, there the vultures will gather.

Alternative forms

• de-so

See also

• de
• yaso

Further reading

• deso at majstro.com

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀤𑁂𑀲𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• देसो (Devanagari script)
• দেসো (Bengali script)
• දෙසො (Sinhalese script)
• ဒေသော or ၻေသေႃ (Burmese script)
• เทโส (Thai script)
• ᨴᩮᩈᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ເທໂສ (Lao script)
• ទេសោ (Khmer script)
• 𑄘𑄬𑄥𑄮 (Chakma script)

Noun

deso

1. nominative singular of desa (“place”)

Spanish

Etymology

• preposition de + pronoun eso

Contraction

deso

1. (obsolete) of that, from that (followed by a masculine noun in singular)

Related terms

• desa
• desas
• dese
• desos

 

Further reading

• “deso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian adesso

Adverb

deso

1. now