gaucho
Hear it
adjective
- possessing traditional, especially Argentine, cowboy virtues; noble, valiant, generous
- helpful
noun
- cowboy
Forms
adjective
| masculine singular | gaucho |
|---|---|
| feminine | gaucha |
| masculine plural | gauchos |
| feminine plural | gauchas |
noun
| singular | gaucho |
|---|---|
| plural | gauchos |
Used in the library
- Era una protesta: el Estado enviaba a los gauchos por la fuerza a la frontera, a pelear contra los indios en fortines miserables, mientras sus ranchos y sus familias se deshacían.It was a protest: the state was sending the gauchos by force to the frontier, to fight the Indians in wretched forts, while their homesteads and families fell apart.C1Martín Fierro
- Cada 10 de noviembre, cumpleaños de Hernández, Argentina celebra el Día de la Tradición, con asado, guitarras y niños vestidos de gaucho que recitan versos cuyo sentido nadie les explica del todo.Every 10th of November, Hernández's birthday, Argentina celebrates Tradition Day, with barbecue, guitars and children dressed as gauchos reciting verses whose meaning nobody quite explains to them.C1Martín Fierro