gaucho
Meaning
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- possessing traditional, especially Argentine, cowboy virtues; noble, valiant, generous
- (South-America, informal) helpful
Hyphenated as
gau‧cho
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɡaut͡ʃo/
Etymology
Of unknown origin, probably from a South American indigenous language, such as Mapudungun cauchu (“vagrant, wanderer”), kauču (“friend”), or Quechua wahcha (“vagabond, poor person”).
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