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{{wiktionary|desperado}}
'''Desperado''' ('desperate' in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] — this is an old and now incorrect usage of the word, today ''desesperado'' is the right word) means a person who cannot wait for something to happen, and sometimes may recur to violent or reckless actions.
* "Desperados Waiting for a Train", a song written by [[Guy Clark]]
* [[Desperado (heavy metal group)]], a heavy metal band formed by [[Dee Snider]]
* [[Desperado (song)|Desperado (song)]], a 1973 song by the Eagles.
* [[Desperado (album)|''Desperado'' (album)]], an album by the Eagles which also features the song [[Desperado (song)|"Desperado" (song)]]
* [[Desperado (film)|''Desperado'' (film)]], a 1995 film that starred [[Antonio Banderas]] and [[Salma Hayek]] and was directed by [[Robert Rodriguez]].
* [[Desperado (TV movie series)|''Desperado'' (TV series)]], a 1987 NBC television movie series that starred actor [[Alex McArthur]]
* [[Desperado (roller coaster)]], a rollercoaster that stands at Buffalo Bill's casino in Primm, Nevada, once the tallest, fastest and steepest hypercoaster in the world
* [[Desperado (Alice Cooper song)|"Desperado" (Alice Cooper song)]], a song by Alice Cooper, appearing on the album ''[[Killer (album)|Killer]]''
* ''[[Desperadoes]]'', a comic book series
* [[Desperado (chess)]], a chess piece that seems determined to give itself up
* [[Dallas Desperados]], a franchise in the Arena Football League
* [[Desperado (country-rock group)]], a Romania-based country-rock band
* [[Desperado (video game)|''Desperado'' (video game)]], a computer video game by [[Topo Soft]]
*''[[Desperado]]'', An alcoholic drink
==See also==
*[[Desperados]]
*[[Highwayman]]
*[[Outlaw]]
*[[Stock character]]
*[[Villain]]
==External links==
*[http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltGUIBusUsual?LEMA=desperado&TIPO_HTML=2&FORMATO=ampliado Desperado] in the [[RAE]] Spanish dictionary.
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