guacho

English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

guacho

  1. A tropical American composite climbing plant.
  2. A medicinal substance found in the leaves of this plant.

Etymology 2

Noun

guacho

  1. Misspelling of gaucho.

Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French gouache.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɡwa.ʃu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɡwa.ʃo/
 

Noun

guacho m (plural guachos)

  1. alternative form of guache

References

  1. ^ “guacho”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
  2. ^ “guacho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua wakcha.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡwat͡ʃo/ [ˈɡwa.t͡ʃo]
  • Audio (Peru):(file)
  • Rhymes: -atʃo
  • Syllabification: gua‧cho

Adjective

guacho (feminine guacha, masculine plural guachos, feminine plural guachas)

  1. (Latin America) orphaned
  2. (Latin America) fatherless
  3. (Latin America) bastard
  4. (Chile, Rioplatense, of a plant) wild-growing
  5. (Chile) single, mismatched, odd (orphaned part of a pair)
    Synonym: desparejado

Noun

guacho m (plural guachos, feminine guacha, feminine plural guachas)

  1. orphan
  2. bastard
  3. (vulgar, Lunfardo) dude, guy
    Synonyms: (Argentina) pibe, chavo
  4. (Mexico, slang) a soldier
  5. a soupy rice dish from Panama, containing various ingredients

Descendants

  • → Brazilian Portuguese: guacho

Verb

guacho

  1. first-person singular present indicative of guachar

Further reading

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