different between rancho vs ancho

English

Etymology

Spanish, properly, a mess, mess room. Compare ranch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????nt?o?/

Noun

rancho (plural ranchos or ranchoes)

1. (US, regional) A simple hut, as of posts, covered with branches or thatch, where herdsmen or farm workers may lodge at night.
2. (US, regional) A large grazing farm where horses and cattle are raised; distinguished from hacienda, a cultivated farm or plantation.

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Anagrams

• Anchor, Charon, achorn, anchor, archon, noarch

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish rancho, deverbal of rancharse (“to get ready, to settle in a place”); 16th century military terminology from French se ranger (“to arrange onself”), from rang (“row, line”), from Frankish *hring.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ran.t??o/
• Rhymes: -ant?o
• Hyphenation: ràn?cho

Noun

rancho m (plural ranchos)

1. settlement
2. ranch (small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock)

Related terms

• rancio

References

• rancho in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ran.t???/

Noun

rancho n

1. Alternative spelling of ranczo.

Declension

or

Indeclinable.

Further reading

• rancho in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• rancho in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old French se ranger (“to be quartered, take up a position”).

Noun

rancho m (plural ranchos)

1. hut; rancho (primitive house)

   Synonym: casebre

2. mess (food set for a group of people); especially in jail
3. a group of people doing something together
4. ranch (large plot for livestock); especially one in the western United States
5. (carnaval) a representation of the pastoral lifestyle

Spanish

Etymology

Deverbal of rancharse (“to get ready, to settle in a place”); 16th century military terminology from French se ranger (“to arrange onself”), from rang (“row, line”), from Frankish *hring.

Noun

rancho m (plural ranchos)

1. ranch
2. shed, barn
3. grotty grub
4. (nautical) crew's quarters

Derived terms

• ranchera
• ranchería
• rancherío
• ranchero

Descendants

• ? Catalan: ranxo
• ? English: ranch
  • ? German: Ranch

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From Spanish (chile) ancho (literally “wide chile”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???nt???/
• Hyphenation: an?cho

Noun

ancho (plural anchos)

1. A broad, flat, dried poblano pepper, often ground into a powder.

See also

• Poblano on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Chaon, Cohan, nacho

Old High German

Alternative forms

• anco

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ankwô.

Noun

ancho m

1. butter

Descendants

• Middle High German: anke
  • Alemannic German: Anke

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin amplus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ã.t??o/

Adjective

ancho m

1. broad, wide, ample

   • Pois a Catiua e?perta. / foi achou?? en ?u cam?o / ancho ? chão ?en pedras / ? andou o mui fe?t?no

     So the smart captive / went and found herself in a path, / ample and flat, without rocks, / and walked through it very quickly.

Descendants

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese ancho, from Latin amplus. Cognate with Galician ancho and Spanish ancho. Doublet of amplo.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /???.?u/
• Hyphenation: an?cho

Adjective

ancho m (feminine singular ancha, masculine plural anchos, feminine plural anchas, comparable)

1. broad, wide

   Synonym: largo

2. conceited

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ant??o/, [?ãn?.t??o]
• Hyphenation: an?cho

Etymology 1

From Latin amplus.

Adjective

ancho (feminine ancha, masculine plural anchos, feminine plural anchas)

1. wide; broad

   Antonym: estrecho

2. proud

   Synonym: orgulloso

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Papiamentu: hanchu

Noun

ancho m (plural anchos)

1. width, breadth

   Synonym: anchura

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

ancho

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of anchar.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• nacho