gualicho
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Tehuelche [Term?].
Noun edit
gualicho m (plural gualichos) (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay)
- witchcraft
- curse, spell, malediction
- devil, demon (evil spirit)
- Synonym: diablo
- talisman, fetish (magical object)
- Synonym: talismán
- a genus of theropod from Late Cretaceous, fossils are only known from South America
Further reading edit
- “gualicho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014