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gacho

Spanish, noun

gacho is spelled G-A-C-H-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 66,744th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gacho is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “fedora hat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, gachó is a different word: “man; fellow”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sombrero de ala ancha y caediza usada por los tangueros en el bajo rioplatense (Uruguay, Argentina) alrededor…”.

What does gacho mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    bent, crooked downwards

  2. 2

    Mexicobad, mean, nasty, rude, cruel

noun

  1. 1

    masculinefedora hat

noun

as gachó
  1. 1

    Spainderogatorymasculineman; fellow

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Doblado hacia la tierra. 2. Referido a animales vacunos: Que tiene un cuerno o ambos con la curva hacia abajo. 3. Referido a caballerías: Con el hocico hacia el pecho, a diferencia de los despapados (que separan más la cabeza del pecho). 4. Feo, malo, que no agrada.

noun: 1. Sombrero de ala ancha y caediza usada por los tangueros en el bajo rioplatense (Uruguay, Argentina) alrededor de los los años 1930-50. 2. Hombre con quien se sostiene una relación romántica.

adverb: 1. De modo desafortunado, inoportuno o negativo.

noun: 1. Hombre (individuo de sexo masculino).

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of gacho

  • gacha feminine
  • gachos masculine plural
  • gachas feminine plural
  • gachós plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to gacho

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is gacho in Spanish?

gacho appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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