# poncho
## English
### Etymology

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).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈpɒn.tʃəʊ/
* (US) IPA: /ˈpɑn.t͡ʃoʊ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɒntʃəʊ

### Noun

poncho (plural ponchos or ponchoes)
* 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.
* 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).

#### Derived terms

* poncho liner

#### Translations
### See also

* ruana
* slicker

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish poncho.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔ̃.ʃo/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

poncho m (plural ponchos)
* poncho

### Further reading

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

## Japanese
### Romanization

poncho
* Rōmaji transcription of ポンチョ (poncho)

## Karao
### Noun

poncho
* money collected for a common purpose

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish poncho.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɔn.t͡ʂɔ/
* Rhymes: -ɔnt͡ʂɔ
* Syllabification: pon‧cho

### Noun

poncho n (indeclinable)
* Alternative spelling of ponczo

#### Declension

or
Indeclinable.

### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish poncho, from Quechua punchu.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpõ.ʃu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpõ.ʃu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈpõ.ʃo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈpõ.ʃu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈpõ.ʃu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈpõ.t͡ʃu/
* Hyphenation: pon‧cho

### Noun

poncho m (plural ponchos)
* poncho

### References

* ↑ “poncho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* ↑ “poncho”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish poncho.

### Noun

poncho n (plural ponchouri)
* poncho

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpont͡ʃo/ [ˈpõnʲ.t͡ʃo]
* Rhymes: -ontʃo
* Syllabification: pon‧cho

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Quechua punchu.

#### Noun

poncho m (plural ponchos)
* poncho
    Synonym: manta

##### Descendants

* → Catalan: ponxo
* → English: poncho
* → Portuguese: poncho

##### See also

* ruana

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

poncho
* first-person singular present indicative of ponchar

### Further reading

* “poncho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10