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gaucho

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈɡaʊt͡ʃoʊ/
  • rhymes with -aʊtʃəʊ
  • CMU ARPABET: G AW1 CH OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A cowboy of the South American pampas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A proposed currency intended to be used by Argentina and Brazil to make interregional payments.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

Topics: business, finance

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3

noun

Meaning 3

a cowboy of the South American pampas

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cowboy, cowpuncher, puncher, cowman, cattleman, cowpoke, cowhand, cowherd

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gaucho, of uncertain origin.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: գաուչո (gaučʻo) — South American cowboy
  • Catalan: gautxo — South American cowboy
  • Esperanto: gaŭĉo — South American cowboy
  • French: gaucho — South American cowboy
  • German: Gaucho — South American cowboy
  • Hebrew: גאוצ׳ו — South American cowboy
  • Japanese: ガウチョ (gaucho) — South American cowboy
  • Korean: 가우초 (gaucho) — South American cowboy
  • Macedonian: га́учо (gáučo) — South American cowboy
  • Mapudungun: huachu — South American cowboy
  • Polish: gaucho — South American cowboy
  • Portuguese: gaúcho — South American cowboy
  • Russian: га́учо (gáučo) — South American cowboy
  • Serbo-Croatian: га̀учо — South American cowboy
  • Serbo-Croatian: gàučo — South American cowboy
  • Spanish: gaucho — South American cowboy
  • Ukrainian: га́учо (háučo) — South American cowboy