puelche
Spanish, noun/ˈpwelt͡ʃe/
puelche is spelled P-U-E-L-C-H-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish, the 153,784th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Puelche is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “Puelche” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Idioma de los indígenas puelches, probablemente relacionado con el tehuelche. Extinto desde el siglo XX”.
What does puelche mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinePuelche
noun
- 1
femininemasculinePuelche
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Propio o relativo a un pueblo de la zona oriental de la cordillera de Los Andes. A la llegada de los españoles a la Patagonia eran un pueblo nómade afín a los tehuelches, pero luego adquirieron múltiples rasgos culturales mapuches, incluyendo lengua y religión.
noun: 1. Idioma de los indígenas puelches, probablemente relacionado con el tehuelche. Extinto desde el siglo XX. 2. Viento cálido que baja de la cordillera de los Andes hacia la Depresión Intermedia del centro de Chile.
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 puelche
- puelches feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce puelche?
- /ˈpwelt͡ʃe/
- [ˈpwelʲ.t͡ʃe]
- [ˈpwelʲt͡ʃe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is puelche in Spanish?
puelche appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).