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poncho
[ pon-choh ]
/ ˈpɒn tʃoʊ /
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noun, plural pon·chos.
a blanketlike cloak with a hole in the center to admit the head, originating in South America, now often worn as a raincoat.
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Origin of poncho
First recorded in 1710–20; from Latin American Spanish: further origin uncertain; perhaps from Araucanian pontho “woolen fabric”; perhaps from Old Spanish poncho “a mantle or cloak”; perhaps a back formation from ponchón “lazy, sluggish”; perhaps an alteration of unrecorded pochón, an augmentative of pocho “pale, faded,” and probably akin to pachón “phlegmatic, sluggish”
OTHER WORDS FROM poncho
ponchoed, adjectiveWords nearby poncho
Ponce de León, Ponce de León, Juan, Poncelet, poncey, Ponchielli, poncho, pond, pond-apple, ponder, ponderable, ponderosa pine
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British Dictionary definitions for poncho
poncho
/ (ˈpɒntʃəʊ) /
noun plural -chos
a cloak of a kind originally worn in South America, made of a rectangular or circular piece of cloth, esp wool, with a hole in the middle to put the head through
Word Origin for poncho
C18: from American Spanish, from Araucanian pantho woollen material
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