hombre

Meaning

A man, a chap, a guy; especially a Hispanic or Spanish man.

Frequency

20k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɒmbɹeɪ/
Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hombre (“man; human being”), from Old Spanish omne, from Latin hominem, accusative of homō (“a human being, a person”), from Old Latin hemō, from Proto-Italic *hemō (“man”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ (“earthling”), from *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”). Doublet of gome, homo, ombre, and omi.

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