guacho

English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• guaco

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

• gaucho

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French gouache.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwa.ʃu/

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwa.ʃu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwa.ʃu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwa.t͡ʃu/

Noun

guacho m (plural guachos)

1. Alternative form of guache

Spanish

Alternative forms

• huacho
• wacho

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua wakcha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwat͡ʃo/ [ˈɡwa.t͡ʃo]

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• 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

Related terms

• guachaca
• guachito

 

Descendants

• → Brazilian Portuguese: guacho

Verb

guacho

1. first-person singular present indicative of guachar

Further reading

• “guacho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28