poncho

Borrowed from Spanish poncho, from Quechua punchu. In sense “rubber rain poncho”, attested 1845, used for non-South American garments in the United States and England from 1850s, popularized by US Western expeditions and military from 1850s, particularly after World War II (1940s).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒn.tʃəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑn.t͡ʃoʊ/

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• Rhymes: -ɒntʃəʊ

poncho (plural ponchos or ponchoes)

1. A simple garment, made from a rectangle of cloth, with a slit in the middle for the head.
   • 1975, Margery Turner Fisher, Who's Who in Children's Books, page 203:

     Garibaldi, with his cowboy's poncho, red shirt and the black ostrich feathers in his wide hat […]

   • 2011, Bruce N. Anderson, Wingtips Under a Bolivian Poncho, page 130:

     It was a gringo in a poncho. It was not really accurate to his suits worn today, but Julia would understand the symbolism that he was adapting to the culture and expectations while far away from home.

2. A similar waterproof garment, today typically of rubber with a hood.
   • 1845, William Jameson, “Botanical Excursion to Salinas, an Indian Village on Chimborazo”, in The London Journal of Botany, volume 4, page 382:

     […] spreading over my bedding an indian-rubber poncho to exclude the rain.

   • 1850, Romance of Modern Travel, page 43:

     I […] took my seat between Juan and Ambrosio, protected from the rain by an India-rubber poncho.

   • 1857, Solomon Nunes Carvalho, Incidents of Travel and Adventure in the Far West, p. 48 (1857), p. 48 (1858):
   • I found it necessary while doing guard to cover myself with my India-rubber poncho, to prevent my clothes from becoming saturated with water.
   • 1859, Randolph Barnes Marcy, The Prairie Traveler, page 39:

     The following list of articles is deemed a sufficient outfit for one man upon a three months’ expedition, viz.: […] 1 gutta percha poncho

   • 1858, “Robbery in a Railway Carriage” (1858 March 29), Edmund Burke ed., Annual Register (collected 1859), March p. 59:

     […] when near the old church in Manchester he was run against by a man whom he supposed to be a drunken man, who was dressed in a poncho overcoat.

   • 1888, William Eleroy Curtis, The capitals of Spanish America, page 505:

     It is about the size of the rubber poncho used in the United States, […]

   • 2001, Michael Rutter, Camping Made Easy, 2nd edition, page 98:

     If you have to hike all day in a poncho, your pants will be wet thigh-high before long (never mind how fast you'll get wet if you have to go through wet brush or grass).

Borrowed from Spanish poncho.

• IPA^(key): /pɔ̃.ʃo/

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poncho m (plural ponchos)

1. poncho

• “poncho”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

poncho

1. Rōmaji transcription of ポンチョ (poncho)

poncho

1. money collected for a common purpose

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔn.t͡ʂɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔnt͡ʂɔ
• Syllabification: pon‧cho

poncho n

1. Alternative spelling of ponczo

or

Indeclinable.

• poncho in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• poncho in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from Spanish poncho,[1] from Quechua punchu.[2]

• Hyphenation: pon‧cho

poncho m (plural ponchos)

1. poncho

Borrowed from Spanish poncho.

poncho n (plural ponchouri)

1. poncho

• IPA^(key): /ˈpont͡ʃo/ [ˈpõnʲ.t͡ʃo]
• Rhymes: -ontʃo
• Syllabification: pon‧cho

Borrowed from Quechua punchu.

poncho m (plural ponchos)

1. poncho

   Synonym: manta

• → Catalan: ponxo
• → English: poncho
• → Portuguese: poncho

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

poncho

1. first-person singular present indicative of ponchar

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