gaucho
Spanish, noun
gaucho is spelled G-A-U-C-H-O (6 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 22,282nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gaucho is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cowboy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, gaúcho is a different word: “native or inhabitant of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil…”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Habitante rural de las llanuras del Cono Sur, desde el sur de Brasil a la Patagonia”.
What does gaucho mean in English?
adjective
- 1
possessing traditional, especially Argentine, cowboy virtues; noble, valiant, generous
- 2
informalhelpful
noun
- 1
masculinecowboy
adjective
- 1
of, from or relating to the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
noun
- 1
masculinenative or inhabitant of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (usually male)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Habitante rural de las llanuras del Cono Sur, desde el sur de Brasil a la Patagonia.
adjective: 1. Originario, relativo a, o propio del estado brasileño de Río Grande del Sur.
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 gaucho
- gaucha feminine
- gauchos masculine plural
- gauchas feminine plural
- gaúcha feminine
- gaúchos masculine plural
- gaúchas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to gaucho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gaucho in Spanish?
gaucho appears 2.0 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).