different between rancho vs ranchero

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.

Noun

ranchero (plural rancheros or rancheroes)

1. (US, of Mexico) A rancher or herdsman; a peasant employed on a ranch or rancho.
2. (US, of Mexico) The owner and occupant of a ranch or rancho.

Spanish

Etymology

rancho +? -ero

Noun

ranchero m (plural rancheros, feminine ranchera, feminine plural rancheras)

1. rancher

Adjective

ranchero (feminine ranchera, masculine plural rancheros, feminine plural rancheras)

1. relating to or associated with a rancher or ranchers