pilcha

Polish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pilcha m animal

1. 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]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpil.ʃɐ/ [ˈpiɫ.ʃɐ]

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

Noun

pilcha f (plural pilchas)

1. 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)

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

Further reading

• “pilcha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28