adiós

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of adios.

   I say that if this is all the proof they have, adiós, you can go on your way.

   1996, Catalina de Erauso, translated by Michele Stepto and Gabriel Stepto, “She moves on to Lima, […]”, in Lieutenant Nun: Memoir of a Basque Transvestite in the New World, Boston, Mass.: Beacon Press, →ISBN, page 54

   2 more examples

   Adiós, first-rate bagels and cream cheese and marmalade, fresh-squeezed juice and fresh-ground coffee, as we’ve adiósed already our fine firm king-size bed: […]

   1994, The Iowa Review, page 29

   Victor finished his report to us with a big grin on his face. “Adiós losers!” as he waddled out the door.

   2019, Don McLean, “How to Play”, in The Game, Victoria, B.C.: FriesenPress, →ISBN, page 84

plural adióses

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of adios.

   We began making our adióses.

   1947, Hudson Strode, Now in Mexico, Harcourt, Brace and Company, page 211

   5 more examples

   The virgins of the village, Rosalina ironically among them, circled and recircled the plaza clockwise, replying adiós to the adióses of the eligible young men who were circling and re-circling the plaza counter-clockwise.

   1950, Martin M. Goldsmith, The Miraculous Fish of Domingo Gonzales, New York, N.Y.: W. W. Norton & Company, page 72

   As the adióses were said, Dan led Elizabeth around to the front of the wagon.

   1989, Barbara Faith, Capricorn Moon, Silhouette Books, →ISBN, page 59

   We said our adióses and Chulo left, leaving me sitting, waiting, and drinking whiskey.

   1994, Giles Tippette, Wilson’s Gold, Penguin Group, →ISBN, page 63

   After a bit, she and Son say their adióses and head out the door and get into the pickup truck, and the two of them damned bandits just drive right off.

   2010, Susan Froderberg, Old Border Road, Back Bay Books, published 2011, →ISBN

   Okay, Jefe, I’ll get us a car while you two say your adióses.

   2019, Michael Curran, Connor Race: The Tontine Plot, Christian Faith Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

present singular third person adióses · participle present adiósing · participle past adiósed · past adiósed

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of adios.

   It was hard, but adiósing the drama-loving diva needed to be done.

   2007, TV Guide, page 69

   2 more examples

   Adiós, first-rate bagels and cream cheese and marmalade, fresh-squeezed juice and fresh-ground coffee, as we’ve adiósed already our fine firm king-size bed: […]

   1994, The Iowa Review, page 29

   Apparently deciding there might be more to this gringo than he was willing to deal with, the man adiósed.

   1996, Frances Williams, Unbroken Vows, Silhouette Books, →ISBN