What does «guache» mean in Spanish?
- Man of the people.
♦ Used in: Colombia - Venezuela - A vulgar and ill-mannered person. Also used for a violent person, mean, scoundrel.
♦ Used in: Colombia - Venezuela
Examples of use in Spanish: "Ese tipo es un guache, ¡le pega a su mujer!".
- Popular musical instrument in the form of a canute with dried seeds inside, which produces a sound similar to that of the maracas. It is used in the guacherna festival in Colombia.
♦ Used in: Colombia
Examples of use in Spanish: "A ritmo de guache suena la cumbia y el vallenato".
- South of Baby or child who is not yet walking.
♦ Used in: Mexico - In art, painting technique on paper or cardboard using colors dissolved in water and mixed with gum arabic.
Examples of use in Spanish: "la pintura al guache es más espesa que la acuarela"
- Trap used to hunt birds and small mammals. A piece of rope or wire with a slip knot attached to a buried stick is used. The animals are trapped by one of their legs. The knot tightens the more they try to escape.
♦ Used in: Argentina - Chile - Trap formed by intertwined ropes placed at mid-height between trees and concealed by vegetation.
♦ Used in: Chile - Foreign, Latin, South American.
♦ Used in: Spain - Common name for coati.
- (El Guache) Geog. National Park of Venezuela.
- (El Guache) Artisanal mine made of logs to excavate the earth in search of gold.
♦ Used in: Colombia