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guacho

Spanish, noun

guacho is spelled G-U-A-C-H-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 36,968th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Guacho is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “orphan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of guachar. With an accent, guachó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of guachar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cría pequeña de cualquier animal”.

What does guacho mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    Latin-Americaorphaned

  2. 2

    Latin-Americafatherless

  3. 3

    Latin-Americabastard

  4. 4

    wild-growing

  5. 5

    single, mismatched, odd (orphaned part of a pair)

noun

  1. 1

    masculineorphan

  2. 2

    masculinebastard

  3. 3

    masculinevulgardude, guy

  4. 4

    Mexicomasculineslanga soldier

  5. 5

    masculinea soupy rice dish from Panama, containing various ingredients

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of guachar

verb

as guachó
  1. 1

    third-person singular preterite indicative of guachar

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Dicho de un animal, o más raramente de una persona, que ha perdido uno o ambos progenitores. 2. Por extensión, dicho de una persona, nacido fuera del matrimonio. 3. Dicho de un objeto que habitualmente se presenta en pares, carente de su pareja. 4. Dicho de una planta, que ha crecido sin ser plantada.

noun: 1. Cría pequeña de cualquier animal. 2. En especial, cría pequeña de ave. 3. En especial, cría de la vaca. 4. Ser humano de corta edad, en especial el que no ha llegado a la pubertad.

interjection: 1. Para recriminar a alguien por sus acciones inmorales.

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 guacho

  • guacha feminine
  • guachos masculine plural
  • guachas feminine plural
  • huacho alternative
  • wacho alternative
  • huaccho alternative

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

English words that translate to guacho

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

How common is guacho in Spanish?

guacho appears about once in every 1 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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