gaucho

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈɡaʊtʃəʊ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈgaʊtʃoʊ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(gou′chō; Sp. gou′chô)

Inflections of 'gaucho' (n): npl: gauchos

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
gau•cho /ˈgaʊtʃoʊ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -chos. 
  1. a cowboy of the South American pampas.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
gau•cho  (gou′chō; Sp. gou′chô),USA pronunciation n., pl. -chos (-chōz; Sp. -chôs).USA pronunciation 
  1. a native cowboy of the South American pampas, usually of mixed Spanish and Indian ancestry.
  2. Clothing gauchos. Also called gau′cho pants′. wide, calf-length trousers for men or women modeled after the trousers worn by South American gauchos.
  • Arawak cachu comrade
  • American Spanish
  • 1815–25

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
gaucho / ˈɡaʊtʃəʊ/ ( -chos)
  1. a cowboy of the South American pampas, usually one of mixed racial descent
Etymology: 19th Century: from American Spanish, probably from Quechua wáhcha orphan, vagabond

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