poncho

Significado (Inglés)

  1. A simple garment, made from a rectangle of cloth, with a slit in the middle for the head.
  2. A similar waterproof garment, today typically of rubber with a hood.

Frecuencia

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Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/ˈpɒn.tʃəʊ/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Borrowed from Spanish poncho, from Quechua punchu. In sense “rubber rain poncho”, attested 1845, used for non-South American garments in the United States and England from 1850s, popularized by US Western expeditions and military from 1850s, particularly after World War II (1940s).

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