gauchos in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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el gauchaje
the gauchos pl
nazarena
spur (used by gauchos)
gauchesco (gauchesca)
gaucho attr
chiripá
garment worn by gauchos over their pants Am o Brit trousers
gaucho
A peasant of the pampas of Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil. Modern gauchos work as foremen on farms and ranches and take part in rodeos.
Gauchos fought for Argentine independence from Spain, but later became involved in political disputes and suffered persecution.
A literary genre, literatura gauchesca, grew up in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The most famous work is Martín Fierro, an epic poem by José Hernández about the misfortunes of an Argentine gaucho when the huge pampas are divided into ranches.
Traditionally gauchos wore baggy trousers, leather chaps, a chiripá, a garment that went over their trousers and came up around their waist, boots, a hat, a leather waistcoat, a belt with a large buckle. They carried a facón - a large knife with a curved blade, and used boleadoras, ropes weighted at each end and thrown like lassos, to catch cattle.
gaucho
gaucho (South American cowboy)
carreras cuatreras
gaucho horse races pl
gauchismo
literary movement concerned with gaucho life
un gaucho matrero
a gaucho on the run from the law

gauchos in the PONS Dictionary

gauchos Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to imitate or dress like a gaucho
agaucharse
after so many years in the country he/she had become very gaucho-like
tras tantos años de vida en el campo se agauchó mucho
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Around this time, he adopted his trademark clothing, which consisted of the red shirt, poncho, and sombrero commonly worn by the gauchos.
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The other big influence is the gauchos and their traditional country lifestyle of self-reliance.
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Cowboys, stockmen, gauchos and drovers have a special lot in life: superb views, magnificent animals, camaraderie, tough but satisfying work, the campfires, the starlit nights.
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