gaucho

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gaucho, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaʊtʃoʊ/

Noun

gaucho (plural gauchos or gauchoes)

1. A cowboy of the South American pampas.

Further reading

• gaucho on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• guacho

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gaucho.

Noun

gaucho m (plural gauchos)

1. gaucho (Argentine cowboy)

Further reading

• “gaucho” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

Of uncertain origin, probably from a South American indigenous language, such as Mapudungun cauchu (“vagrant, wanderer”), kauču (“friend”), or Quechua wahcha (“vagabond, poor person”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaut͡ʃo/, [ˈɡau̯t͡ʃo]

Adjective

gaucho (feminine singular gaucha, masculine plural gauchos, feminine plural gauchas)

1. possessing traditional, especially Argentine, cowboy virtues; noble, valiant, generous
2. (South America, informal) helpful

Noun

gaucho m (plural gauchos)

1. (Argentina) cowboy

   Synonyms: charro, huaso, llanero, vaquero

Further reading

• “gaucho” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
• gaucho on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es