pilcha

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

pilcha m animal

1. genitive/accusative singular of pilch

Borrowed from Spanish pilcha (“low-quality clothes; high-quality clothes”), from Mapudungun pulcha (“wrinkle”).

pilcha f (plural pilchas)

1. the traditional costume of the Gauchos

• “pilcha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pilcha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from Mapudungun pulcha (“wrinkle”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpilt͡ʃa/ [ˈpilʲ.t͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -iltʃa
• Syllabification: pil‧cha

pilcha f (plural pilchas)

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

• “pilcha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “pilcha”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010