Gabacho

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 Spanish 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.4 Noun

Spanish

Etymology

From Occitan gavach originally ‘bird’s crop, goitre, swelling’, later ‘mountain-dweller, northerner, peasant’ (because of the high incidence of disease in these populations).

Pronunciation

IPA: /ga'ʙaʧo/

Adjective

gabacho

1. (Geography) Pyrenean
2. Gallic, frenchified

Noun

gabacho m

1. a villager from the Pyranees
2. (colloquial, pejorative) a Frenchman, a Frog
3. (colloquial, pejorative) (Texas) a white American
4. (colloquial, pejorative) (Mexico) foreigner, gringo