pilcha
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pilcha m animal
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish pilcha (“low-quality clothes; high-quality clothes”), from Mapudungun pulcha (“wrinkle”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pilcha f (plural pilchas)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Mapudungun pulcha (“wrinkle”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pilcha f (plural pilchas)
- (rustic, Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay) low-quality clothes
- (colloquial, Argentina, Peru, Uruguay) high-quality clothes
- (Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay) each element of the riding tack, such as a stirrup or saddle
Further reading edit
- “pilcha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014