charro
noun
a Mexican horseman or cowboy, typically one wearing an elaborate outfit, often with silver decorations, of tight trousers, ruffled shirt, short jacket, and sombrero.
charros
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pluralof charro.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Politicians, teenagers, dancers and charros, or men riding dancing horses, shouted, “Viva Mexico!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2025
Having grown up in a family of Mexican horse riders, or charros, Dr. Urbiola was taught that inflicting pain and fear was the way to dominate, or break, a horse.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2023
His bacon-wrapped dog is smothered in housemade frijols charros, this black-hole condiment of pinto beans, chorizo, bacon and more.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2022
“The first, quote, rodeo was in Texas, but the charros and the vaqueros did competitions like this starting back before California was a state. So the history in LA is huge.”
From Washington Times ● Feb. 21, 2022
When Salvador had been a little boy, he had been greatly taken with the charros, who rode such fine horses in the parades in Ensenada on fiesta days.
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
