gaucho

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gaucho

  • /ˈɡaʊt͡ʃoʊ/ US

Rhymes with -aʊtʃəʊ

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Borrowed from Spanish gaucho, of uncertain origin.

noun gauchos · gauchoes

  1. A cowboy of the South American pampas. Theirs was the spirit which upheld Darwin among the gauchos of the Argentine or Wallace among the head-hunters of Malaya.
  2. historical A proposed currency intended to be used by Argentina and Brazil to make interregional payments.

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noun South American cowboy

Españolgaucho
한국어가우초 gaucho
日本語ガウチョ gaucho
Portuguêsgaúcho
Françaisgaucho
DeutschGaucho
Русскийга́учо gáučo
עבריתגאוצ׳ו

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"gaucho." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gaucho. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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gaucho. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gaucho

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"gaucho." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gaucho.

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@misc{gaucho_2026,
  title = {gaucho},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gaucho},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}