gauchesco
Portuguese, adjective/ɡaˌuˈʃes.ku/
gauchesco is spelled G-A-U-C-H-E-S-C-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese, the 124,583rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gauchesco is a Portuguese adjective meaning “gauchesque (of or relating to the culture and music of the gauchos)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relativo a gaúcho e seus costumes”.
What does gauchesco mean in English?
adjective
- 1
gauchesque (of or relating to the culture and music of the gauchos)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo a gaúcho e seus costumes
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gauchesco
- gauchesca feminine
- gauchescos masculine plural
- gauchescas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gauchesco?
- Brazil /ɡaˌuˈʃes.ku/
- /ɡaˌuˈʃeʃ.ku/
- Portugal /ɡɐˌuˈʃeʃ.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gauchesco in Portuguese?
gauchesco appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).