guacho

== English == === Etymology 1 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Alternative forms ==== guaco ==== Noun ==== guacho A tropical American composite climbing plant. A medicinal substance found in the leaves of this plant. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== guacho Misspelling of gaucho. === Anagrams === gaucho == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from French gouache. === Pronunciation === === Noun === guacho m (plural guachos) alternative form of guache === References === === Further reading === “guacho”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Alternative forms === huacho, wacho, huaccho === Etymology === Borrowed from Quechua wakcha. Possibly a doublet of huaso. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡwat͡ʃo/ [ˈɡwa.t͡ʃo] Rhymes: -atʃo Syllabification: gua‧cho === Adjective === guacho (feminine guacha, masculine plural guachos, feminine plural guachas) (Latin America) orphaned (Latin America) fatherless (Latin America) bastard (Chile, Rioplatense, of a plant) wild-growing (Chile) single, mismatched, odd (orphaned part of a pair) Synonym: desparejado === Noun === guacho m (plural guachos, feminine guacha, feminine plural guachas) orphan bastard (vulgar, Lunfardo) dude, guy Synonyms: (Argentina) pibe, chavo (Mexico, slang) a soldier a soupy rice dish from Panama, containing various ingredients ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Brazilian Portuguese: guacho === Verb === guacho first-person singular present indicative of guachar === Further reading === “guacho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025