guache

English

Noun

guache (countable and uncountable, plural guaches)

1. Alternative spelling of gouache

Anagrams

• gauche

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• guacho

Etymology

Borrowed from French gouache.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwa.ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwa.ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwa.ʃe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwa.ʃɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -aʃi, (Portugal) -aʃɨ
• Homophone: guaxe
• Hyphenation: gua‧che

Noun

guache m (plural guaches)

1. gouache

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwat͡ʃe/ [ˈɡwa.t͡ʃe]
• Rhymes: -atʃe
• Syllabification: gua‧che

Noun

guache m or f by sense (plural guaches)

1. (Colombia, slang) lout, troublemaker

Verb

guache

1. inflection of guachar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “guache”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10