poncho
A simple garment, made from a rectangle of cloth, with a slit in the middle for the headA simple garment, made from a rectangle of cloth, with a slit in the middle for the head.
» You can borrow my poncho if you want to.
Можешь взять моё пончо, если хочешь.
Можете взять моё пончо, если хотите.
Meaning
2 sensesA simple garment, made from a rectangle of cloth, with a slit in the middle for the head.
Poncho
по́нчоpónčo
A similar waterproof garment, today typically of rubber with a hood.
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.
Regenponcho
- a blanket-like cloak with a hole in the center for the head
Examples
8 sentencesYou can borrow my poncho if you want to.
ruМожешь взять моё пончо, если хочешь.
We have ponchos.
ruУ нас есть пончо.
Yanni was wearing a hooded poncho.
Tom was wearing a transparent rain poncho.
The woolen poncho was a popular fashion trend in the 70s.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
Borrowed from Spanish poncho, from Quechua punchu. In sense “rubber rain poncho”, attestedBorrowed 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).
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