Guanabee Glossary: Guacho

If you’ve ever asked a Mexican whether it’s cold enough for a chaqueta or asked a Cuban to pass a bollo at dinner, you’ll know that Latino slang terms can vary from country to country, region to region, generation to generation, a reality that often results in embarrassing situations. Guanabee Glossary is our attempt to teach you Latino slang and save you from looking like a weird-ass fool in mixed company. Enjoy it, cabrones.

guacho

[goo-ah-choh-] noun

Because this term, literally “orphan,” is often used in Argentina, we don’t want anyone to get is confused with “gaucho.” You wouldn’t want to call a burly cowboy a bastard or son of a bitch.

Ese gaucho es un guacho. 

That cowboy is a bastard.