pilcha

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpil.xa/
Rhymes: -ilxa
Syllabification: pil‧cha

Noun

pilcha m animal

genitive/accusative singular of pilch

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pilcha (“low-quality clothes; high-quality clothes”), from Mapudungun pulcha (“wrinkle”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpiw.ʃɐ/ [ˈpiʊ̯.ʃɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpiw.ʃa/ [ˈpiʊ̯.ʃa]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpil.ʃɐ/ [ˈpiɫ.ʃɐ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpil.t͡ʃɐ/ [ˈpiɫ.t͡ʃɐ]

Noun

pilcha f (plural pilchas)

the traditional costume of the Gauchos

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Mapudungun pulcha (“wrinkle”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpilt͡ʃa/ [ˈpilʲ.t͡ʃa]
Rhymes: -iltʃa
Syllabification: pil‧cha

Noun

pilcha f (plural pilchas)

(rustic, Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay) low-quality clothes
(colloquial, Argentina, Peru, Uruguay) high-quality clothes
(Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay) each element of the riding tack, such as a stirrup or saddle

Further reading

“pilcha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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