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"El olvido" is a form of "olvido", a noun which is often translated as "oblivion". "Bandido" is a noun which is often translated as "bandit". Learn more about the difference between "el olvido" and "bandido" below.
el olvido(
ohl
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bee
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doh
)A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
a. oblivion
Dedicamos este monumento para que estos eventos no caigan en el olvido.We dedicate this monument so that these events do not fall into oblivion.
b. obscurity
Willie era muy famoso en los años 80, pero ahora ha caído en el olvido. Willie was very famous in the 1980s, but now he's fallen into obscurity.
el bandido, la bandida(
bahn
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dee
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doh
)This means that the noun can be masculine or feminine, depending on the gender of the noun it refers to (e.g., el doctor, la doctora).
1. (brigand)
2. (malefactor)
a. robber
Los bandidos asaltaron la joyería y robaron dinero y joyas.The robbers held up the store and stole money and jewelry.
b. thief
La policía nunca logró atrapar a los bandidos que robaron el banco.The police never managed to catch the thieves who robbed the bank.
c. criminal
Pedro Rocas es un bandido; dicen que además ha asesinado a varias personas.Pedro Rocas is a criminal; what's more, he's said to have murdered several people.
d. crook (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Según Miguel, los constructores del hotel eran bandidos que estafaron a los propietarios con unas chapuzas horribles.According to Miguel, the builders of the hotel were crooks who hoodwinked the owners with their shoddy workmanship.
e. conman (colloquial) (swindler)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Un bandido timó a mi abuela de 90 años y vació su cuenta bancaria.A conman swindled my 90-year-old grandmother, emptying her bank account.
3. (colloquial) (affectionate term)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. rascal (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
¿Dónde se habrá metido este bandido?Now where can that rascal have got to?
