hombre

Meaning

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

Synonyms

guy

cat

😺

bozo

dude

fella

jack

bloke

knave

boy

👦

chum

Hyphenated as

hom‧bre

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”).