Guevara

American  

[guh-vahr-uh, ge-vah-rah] / gəˈvɑr ə, gɛˈvɑ rɑ /

noun

1. Ernesto Che, 1928–67, Cuban revolutionist and political leader, born in Argentina.

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Guevara British  

/ ɡeˈβara, ɡəˈvɑːrə /

noun

1. Ernesto (ɛrˈnesto), known as Che Guevara. 1928–67, Latin American politician and soldier, born in Argentina. He developed guerrilla warfare as a tool for revolution and was instrumental in Castro's victory in Cuba (1959), where he held government posts until 1965. He was killed while training guerrillas in Bolivia

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Example Sentences

In the author’s nursery, we learn, there were pictures of Che Guevara, Malcolm X and Ho Chi Minh.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Every viewer of Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” must draw their own conclusions about Brutus and Marc Antony; so too with Fidel Castro and Che Guevara.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

“I don’t want to be the Che Guevara of film,” he told The Times last month.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2026

"I don't want to lie and say we weren't expecting something different," Freddy Guevara Cortez, of the Voluntad Popular party in coalition with Machado's opposition movement, told AFP of the aftermath of Maduro's fall.

From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026

In one fell swoop, Strauss had transformed himself from the genteel Kappellmeister of the Austrian Belle Epoque into the Che Guevara of the musical rebels.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall