pucho

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈput͡ʃo/ [ˈpu.t͡ʃʊ]
• Rhymes: -utʃo
• Hyphenation: pu‧cho

Etymology 1

From carapucho, from caparucho, from capa (“cape, cloak; cap”).

Noun

pucho m (plural puchos)

1. hat

   Synonyms: chapeu, sombreiro

2. cap

   Synonym: gorro

Related terms

• carapucha

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

pucho m (plural puchos, feminine pucha, feminine plural puchas)

1. calf

   Synonyms: becerro, cucho, cuxo, xato

   • 1837, anonymous author, Coloquio na pontella da Chaínsa:

     anque fora para xûntar puchos para á cortaduria non rompia mais sapatos, nin levaba mais molladuras das que levou de casa en casa dos eleutores

     not even if it was to gather calves for the butcher shop had he broken more shoes or taken more soakings than what he took from house to house of the electors

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pucho”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pucho”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pucho”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

• “pucho”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “pucho” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua puchu (“remainder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈput͡ʃo/ [ˈpu.t͡ʃo]

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• Rhymes: -utʃo
• Syllabification: pu‧cho

Noun

pucho m (plural puchos)

1. (Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Rioplatense, colloquial) cigarette

   Synonym: cigarrillo

2. (Latin America) butt (used cigarette)

   Synonym: colilla

Derived terms

• sobre el pucho

Verb

pucho

1. first-person singular present indicative of puchar

Further reading

• “pucho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “pucho”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
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