different between charro vs gaucho

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish charro (“cowboy”).

Noun

charro (plural charros)

1. A type of Mexican horseman.
2. (usually in the plural) Short for charro bean.

Anagrams

• orrach

Asturian

Verb

charro

1. first-person singular present indicative of charrar

Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Attested in Galician since circa 1539, earlier than in other Iberian languages, which makes the proposed Basque etymology less probable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??aro?/

Adjective

charro m (feminine singular charra, masculine plural charros, feminine plural charras)

1. simple, unintelligent, silly
   • 1555, Hernán Núñez, Refranes en Romance:

     Deus nos dia con que riamos, e non sejan fillos charros

     May God give us something to laugh, but that it is not silly children

2. gaudy, tasteless

Noun

charro m (plural charros)

1. (linguistics) transitional dialect in between Galician and Asturian, in some regions of León

Derived terms

• charrúa

References

• “charro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “charro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “charro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish charro, from Basque txar.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: char?ro

Adjective

charro m (feminine singular charra, masculine plural charros, feminine plural charras, comparable)

1. rude; rough

Noun

charro m (plural charros)

1. (Portugal, colloquial) joint, a cigarette containing cannabis.

   Synonyms: (Portugal) paiva, (Brazil) baseado, (Brazil) beque

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque txar (“defective, weak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??aro/, [?t??a.ro]

Adjective

charro (feminine charra, masculine plural charros, feminine plural charras)

1. coarse, vulgar

   Synonym: chabacano

2. rustic

   Synonym: aldeano

3. (slang, Texas) a short form of frijoles a la charra, that is, pinto or pink beans boiled with condiments but otherwise plain and simple
4. from Salamanca

   Synonyms: salamanquino, salmantino

Noun

charro m (plural charros, feminine charra, feminine plural charras)

1. one who is rustic or coarse

   Synonym: pueblerino

2. someone from Salamanca

   Synonyms: salamanquino, salmantino

3. (Mexico) a traditional postindependence Mexican horseman

Further reading

• “charro” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gaucho, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??a?t?o?/

Noun

gaucho (plural gauchos or gauchoes)

1. A cowboy of the South American pampas.

Derived terms

• gauchos (clothing)
• gauchesque

Translations

See also

• huaso
• charro
• cowboy
• llanero
• vaquero

Further reading

• gaucho on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• guacho

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gaucho.

Pronunciation

Noun

gaucho m (plural gauchos)

1. gaucho (Argentine cowboy)

Noun

gaucho m (plural gauchos)

1. (derogatory) leftist

Further reading

• “gaucho” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Etymology

Of unknown origin, probably from a South American indigenous language, such as Mapudungun cauchu (“vagrant, wanderer”), kau?u (“friend”), or Quechua wahcha (“vagabond, poor person”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??aut??o/, [??au?.t??o]

Adjective

gaucho (feminine gaucha, masculine plural gauchos, feminine plural gauchas)

1. possessing traditional, especially Argentine, cowboy virtues; noble, valiant, generous
2. (South America, informal) helpful

Noun

gaucho m (plural gauchos)

1. (Argentina) cowboy

   Synonyms: charro, huaso, llanero, vaquero

Derived terms

Further reading

• “gaucho” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
• gaucho on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es