huaso
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huaso.
Spanish
Etymology
Unknown. Possibly from Quechua wakcha.
Pronunciation
Adjective
huaso (feminine huasa, masculine plural huasos, feminine plural huasas)
- (relational) huaso
- El sábado 12 de septiembre se realizó la tradicional Fiesta Huasa.
- Saturday, September 12 was the traditional Huaso Festival.
- (Chile) astute person characteristic of a Chilean countryman
- (Chile) awkward rural person who cannot adapt to urban areas
- Synonym: paleto
Noun
huaso m (plural huasos, feminine huasa, feminine plural huasas)
- huaso (countryman, or Chilean rural laborer)
- 2006, Roberto Fuentes, Betto: El fantasma de mi abuelo, LOM, page 23:
- Papá dice que el tío es un huaso.
- Daddy said that uncle is a yokel.
- Chilean cowboy, horseman
- 1987, Lillian Calm, El Chile de Pío IX, 1824, Andres Bello, page 232:
- Esto me llama la atención, porque en Chile existe todo un mito sobre el jinete, el caballo y el huaso.
- This attracts my attention, because in Chile there is a whole myth about the horseman, the horse and the cowboy.
See also
Further reading
- “huaso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28