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poncho
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish poncho, from Quechua punchu. In sense “rubber rain poncho”, attested 1845, used for non-South American garments in the United States and England from 1850s, popularized by US Western expeditions and military from 1850s, particularly after World War II (1940s).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p?n.t???/
- (US) IPA(key): /?p?n.t?o?/
- Rhymes: -?nt???
Noun
poncho (plural ponchos or ponchoes)
- A simple garment, made from a rectangle of cloth, with a slit in the middle for the head.
- 1975, Margery Turner Fisher, Who's Who in Children's Books, page 203
- Garibaldi, with his cowboy's poncho, red shirt and the black ostrich feathers in his wide hat […]
- 2011, Bruce N. Anderson, Wingtips Under a Bolivian Poncho, page 130
- It was a gringo in a poncho. It was not really accurate to his suits worn today, but Julia would understand the symbolism that he was adapting to the culture and expectations while far away from home.
- 1975, Margery Turner Fisher, Who's Who in Children's Books, page 203
- A similar waterproof garment, today typically of rubber with a hood.
- 1845, William Jameson, “Botanical Excursion to Salinas, an Indian Village on Chimborazo”, The London Journal of Botany, Volume 4, p. 382:
- […] spreading over my bedding an indian-rubber poncho to exclude the rain.
- 1850, Romance of Modern Travel, p. 43:
- I […] took my seat between Juan and Ambrosio, protected from the rain by an India-rubber poncho.
- 1857, Solomon Nunes Carvalho, Incidents of Travel and Adventure in the Far West, p. 48 (1857), p. 48 (1858):
- I found it necessary while doing guard to cover myself with my India-rubber poncho, to prevent my clothes from becoming saturated with water.
- 1859, Randolph Barnes Marcy, The Prairie Traveler, p. 39:
- The following list of articles is deemed a sufficient outfit for one man upon a three months’ expedition, viz.: […] 1 gutta percha poncho
- 1858, “Robbery in a Railway Carriage” (1858 March 29), Edmund Burke ed., Annual Register (collected 1859), March p. 59:
- […] when near the old church in Manchester he was run against by a man whom he supposed to be a drunken man, who was dressed in a poncho overcoat.
- 1888, William Eleroy Curtis, The capitals of Spanish America, p. 505:
- It is about the size of the rubber poncho used in the United States, […]
- 2001, Michael Rutter, Camping Made Easy, 2nd ed., page 98
- If you have to hike all day in a poncho, your pants will be wet thigh-high before long (never mind how fast you'll get wet if you have to go through wet brush or grass).
- 1845, William Jameson, “Botanical Excursion to Salinas, an Indian Village on Chimborazo”, The London Journal of Botany, Volume 4, p. 382:
Translations
Related terms
- ruana
- slicker
French
Noun
poncho m (plural ponchos)
- poncho
Japanese
Romanization
poncho
- R?maji transcription of ????
Karao
Noun
poncho
- money collected for a common purpose
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?n.t???/
Noun
poncho n
- Alternative spelling of ponczo.
Declension
or
Indeclinable.
Further reading
- poncho in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- poncho in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, from Quechua punchu.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /?põ?u/
Noun
poncho m (plural ponchos)
- poncho
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pont??o/, [?põn?.t??o]
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Quechua punchu.
Noun
poncho m (plural ponchos)
- poncho
See also
- ruana
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
poncho
- First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of ponchar.
Further reading
- “poncho” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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ruana
English
Etymology
From Spanish, from Chibcha.
Noun
ruana (plural ruanas)
- An outer garment typical of the Andes region of Venezuela and Colombia, and resembling a poncho.
Anagrams
- Aruna, Ranua
Spanish
Adjective
ruana f
- feminine singular of ruano
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