gaucho
pronunciation
How to pronounce gaucho in British English:
UK [ˈɡaʊtʃəʊ]
How to pronounce gaucho in American English:
US [ ˈɡaʊtʃoʊ]
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- Noun:
- a cowboy of the South American pampas
Word Origin
- gaucho (n.)
- "a Spanish-descended native of the pampas," 1824, guacho, from Spanish gaucho, probably from a native South American language. Compare Araucanian (native language spoken in part of Chile) cauchu "wanderer." Noted for their independence and skill in horsemanship and with the lasso.
Example
- 1. It is the political equivalent of a gaucho lassoing himself with his own bolas .
- 2. Inland , there are many working estancias ( ranches ) where tourists can live out the gaucho ( cowboy ) lifestyle .
- 3. Bayer has long denied the connection between gaucho and massive honey bee losses and continues to assert that only sublethal doses of imidacloprid make it into the nectar and pollen that bees consume and carry back their hives .
- 4. London 's o2 arena will in february host the gaucho international , an indoor " arena polo " event that will bring professional polo to a mass-market venue in the capital in the depths of winter for the first time .
- 5. Outside the city there are many estancias ( countryside ranches ) for city dwellers to live the gaucho ( cowboy ) life , or just enjoy country life in the pampas , the grasslands outside buenos aires .