English

Proper noun

Guido ‎(plural Guidos)

1. A male given name of Italian origin. English equivalent: Guy
2. (US, slang, pejorative, ethnic slur) a young, lower class or working class Italian-American or Italian-Canadian male from an urban environment.
3. (US, slang, pejorative) A clothing style associated with the stereotype.

Usage notes

• Carries the connotation of a person who is humorously uncultured and has a thuggish and overtly macho attitude and an unyielding pride in his Italian ancestry. Common in Northeast areas such as Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, New Jersey, South Philadelphia, Baltimore, Boston, Rhode Island and Southwest Connecticut.
• The fashion style includes gold or platinum chains, diamond stud earrings, plain T-shirts or muscle shirts, tracksuits, pompadours, slicked-back hair, or blowout hairstyles

Translations

Synonyms

• (person of Italian descent): dago
• (person of Italian descent): Eyetie
• (person of Italian descent): goombah
• (person of Italian descent): greaseball
• (person of Italian descent): guinea
• (person of Italian descent): wog
• (person of Italian descent): wop

Alternative forms

• (pejorative sense (of a person)): guido

Coordinate terms

• (pejorative sense (of a person)): guido, guidette, Guidette

See also

• (pejorative sense (of a person)): Guido (slang) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Etymology

Of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwi.do/
• Rhymes: -ido
• Hyphenation: Guì‧do
• Homophone: guido

Proper noun

Guido m

1. A male given name, cognate to Guy.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡi.du/

Proper noun

Guido m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Guy

English

Alternative forms

• Guido

Noun

guido ‎(plural guidos)

1. (slang, US, derogatory) Italian-American male; an American male of Italian extraction as a member of the working-class
   • 2013, Nathan J Morissey, 62 Hot Gay Stories

     In a way, he looked like one of those guidos from MTV's Jersey Shore, but he resembled them only in appearance.

Translations

Coordinate terms

• guidette

Synonyms

• (person of Italian descent): dago, Eyetie, goombah, greaseball, guinea, wog, wop

See also

• truzzo
• tamarro
• guappo
• goombah

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwi.do/
• Rhymes: -ido
• Hyphenation: guì‧do
• Homophone: Guido

Verb

guido

1. first-person singular present indicative of guidare