How to Use gaucho in a Sentence

gaucho

noun
Definition of gauchonext
Synonyms for gauchonext
  • Back in Lori Clark’s day, women wore skirts or gauchos.
    — Sarah Smith, star-telegram, 3 Apr. 2018
  • If those gauchos haven’t got the baby-back pork ribs, request them.
    — Beth Segal, cleveland.com, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Argentina, land of the tango, gauchos and good wine, is also emerging as the land of the good deal.
    — Nora Walsh, New York Times, 29 June 2017
  • For the ideal day-trip, drive inland through gaucho country to the former staging post of Garzón.
    — Christopher Bagley, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 June 2018
  • His father was a shop owner who later worked as a gaucho.
    — Faye Fiore, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2017
  • But we were still destined for a big meal, and with just a turn the ticket on our table, the gauchos began to circle and then descend.
    — Anna Caplan, star-telegram, 11 July 2018
  • On Thursday, Dudamel presented the full ballet score that follows the day in the life of a gaucho out to prove himself and win his love.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2022
  • The sun finally rises, and TJ rides in on a horse dressed like a real gaucho to welcome the players to their final day.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 27 May 2021
  • The system has its origins in tradition of the gaucho, the region’s equivalent to the cowboy.
    — Katy McLaughlin, WSJ, 25 Sep. 2018
  • The gaucho recalled a childhood episode, when a neighbor asked for his help to get several foals across a wide and choppy stream.
    — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2019
  • Here, 17 types of meat are roasted on a grill imported from Brazil and served by waiters in gaucho-style attire.
    — Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 17 July 2019
  • In 1987, the leaders of both countries announced the creation of a common unit of account, called the gaucho, to measure trade between the nations.
    — Daniel Carvalho, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2023
  • Caregnato says his restaurant, open just four months, is the first-such gaucho-style pizzeria outside of Brazil.
    — Anna Caplan, star-telegram, 11 July 2018
  • The historic old stone cloisters lent an otherworldly feel to the collection of frothy, spell-binding looks that seemed to merge the tulle of 1900s gowns with styles of the low-slung gaucho.
    — Thomas Adamson, The Seattle Times, 2 July 2017
  • The last show Steely Dan played was September 20 and all October dates won’t feature the gaucho amigos.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Martín Tata is a true gaucho who masters the skill of horse taming without aggression, in the Indian way.
    — Maita Barrenechea, Town & Country, 5 Oct. 2016
  • For those daunted by the prospect of a slog through the fashion skeletons in their closets (circa-2005 gauchos, perhaps?) will send its very own Marlow into the heart of darkness that is your wardrobe.
    — Veronique Hyland, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Jan. 2011
  • Jara and his family have been puesteros (a type of gaucho) for generations.
    — Dan Sadgrove, National Geographic, 6 Apr. 2020
  • In Uruguay, where it is made with quince paste, it is called Martin Fierro, after a popular fictional gaucho.
    — Bee Wilson, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2022
  • A cultural option is the visit to the nearby gaucho town of San Antonio de Areco known for its famed and masterful silversmiths.
    — Maita Barrenechea, Town & Country, 5 Oct. 2016
  • In the financial district, in a building designed by Sir David Adjaye, the kitchen islands will be made from two rough slabs of stone, one cantilevered over the other — the only things missing are hunks of meat and some Argentine gauchos.
    — New York Times, 5 Nov. 2019
  • Visitors can embrace the solitude of life as a gaucho, a native horseman that personifies the frontier spirit.
    — Janelle Davis, CNN, 9 July 2022
  • So, consider the currently available bivalent boosters to be a bit like gaucho pants, hoodie sets, or skinny jeans with chunky sneakers.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
  • A street fair that showcases gaucho culture, Mataderos is, for now, more crowded with Argentines than visiting foreigners.
    — Luke Darby, GQ, 29 July 2017
  • The rugged landscape reverberates throughout the local gaucho culture, which celebrates the cowboy way South American style.
    — R.t. Watson, WSJ, 22 June 2022
  • In 17th-century Argentina, gauchos flaunted their strength and agility through a lightning-quick percussive dance called malambo, often facing off in dance battles to prove their mettle.
    — Brian Schaefer, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2020
  • Garance was dressed casually but elegantly, sporting gauchos, a denim jacket, grey scarf and bedazzled heels—a gift from Schuman.
    — Kristen Bateman, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Mar. 2014
  • Rio Grande do Sul is where the hardscrabble gaucho traditions of previous centuries have been transformed and elevated into an identity.
    — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Las Cabrera This independent leather purse and accessory brand started by three sisters may take its inspiration from gaucho culture and the countryside, but the products themselves are highly refined.
    — Allie Lazar, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 May 2018
  • In his response, Macri invoked an elderly gaucho who recently appeared in a viral video, expressing his worries about Argentina’s current juncture.
    — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2019

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