guacho

guacho

English

Alternative forms

• guaco

Noun

guacho

1. A tropical American composite climbing plant.
2. A medicinal substance found in the leaves of this plant.

Noun

guacho

1. Misspelling of gaucho.

Anagrams

• gaucho

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French gouache.[1][2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwa.ʃu/

Noun

guacho m (plural guachos)

1. Alternative form of guache

References

1. “guacho” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
2. “guacho” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• huacho

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua wakcha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwat͡ʃo/ [ˈɡwa.t͡ʃo]

• Audio (Peru)

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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) 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

Related terms

• guachaca

Descendants

• → Brazilian Portuguese: guacho

Further reading

• “guacho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014