gaúcho
Portuguese, noun/ɡaˈu.ʃu/
gaúcho is spelled G-A-Ú-C-H-O (6 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,626th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gaúcho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “gaucho (cowboy of the South American pampas)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “natural do estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil”.
What does gaúcho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegaucho (cowboy of the South American pampas)
- 2
masculinenative or inhabitant of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul
adjective
- 1
gaucho
- 2
of the state of Rio Grande do Sul
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. do estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil 2. natural do Rio Grande do Sul
noun: 1. natural do estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
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 gaúcho
- gaúchos plural
- gaúcha feminine
- gaúchas feminine plural
- gauchinho diminutive
- gauchão augmentative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gaúcho?
- Brazil /ɡaˈu.ʃu/
- Portugal /ɡɐˈu.ʃu/
- Portugal /ɡɐˈut.ʃu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gaúcho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gaúcho in Portuguese?
gaúcho appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).