guacho

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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]

Noun

guacho m (plural guachos)

  1. Alternative form of guache

References

  1. ^ “guacho”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
  2. ^ “guacho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua wakcha.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Peru):(file)
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡwat͡ʃo/ [ˈɡwa.t͡ʃo]

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) wild-growing (plant)
  5. (Chile) single, mismatched, odd (orphaned part of a pair)
    zapato guacho
    single shoe
    Synonym: desparejado

Noun

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

  1. orphan
  2. bastard
  3. (Mexico, slang) a soldier
  4. A soupy rice dish from Panama, containing various ingredients

Descendants

  • → Brazilian Portuguese: guacho

Further reading

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