gualicho

== Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Tehuelche [Term?]. === Noun === gualicho m (plural gualichos) (Rioplatense, Bolivia, Ecuador) bewitchment, charm (spell, particularly to make one love another) (Rioplatense) talisman, fetish Synonym: talismán (Bolivia) The totem, focus used to cast the spell. (obsolete in Chile, rustic Argentina) devil, demon (evil spirit) Synonym: diablo a genus of theropod from the Late Cretaceous Period from South America. === Further reading === “gualicho”, 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