gaucho
French, noun/ɡo.ʃo/
gaucho is spelled G-A-U-C-H-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 33,599th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gaucho is a French masculine noun meaning “gaucho (Argentine cowboy)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Gardien de troupeau en Amérique du Sud et tout particulièrement dans la pampa d’Argentine”.
What does gaucho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegaucho (Argentine cowboy)
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculineleftist, leftie
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gardien de troupeau en Amérique du Sud et tout particulièrement dans la pampa d’Argentine.
noun: 1. Gauchiste.
prefix: 1. Qui se rapporte à la gauche politique.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gaucho
- gauchos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gaucho?
- /ɡo.ʃo/
- /ɡot.ʃo/
- /ɡa.ut.ʃo/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gaucho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gaucho in French?
gaucho appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).