gaucho
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡaʊtʃoʊ/
Derived terms
- gauchos (clothing)
- gauchesque
Translations
South American cowboy
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Further reading
- “gaucho” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Spanish
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]
Further reading
- “gaucho” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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