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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈpɒntʃəʊ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈpɑntʃoʊ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(pon′chō)

Inflections of 'poncho' (n): npl: ponchos

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
pon•cho /ˈpɑntʃoʊ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -chos. 
  1. Clothinga blanketlike cloak with an opening in the center for the head, originally worn in South America.
  2. Clothinga waterproof garment styled like this, worn as a raincoat.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
pon•cho  (pon′chō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -chos. 
  1. Clothinga blanketlike cloak with a hole in the center to admit the head, originating in South America, now often worn as a raincoat.
  • Araucanian
  • American Spanish
  • 1710–20
pon′choed, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
poncho /ˈpɒntʃəʊ/ n ( pl -chos)
  1. a cloak of a kind originally worn in South America, made of a rectangular or circular piece of cloth, esp wool, with a hole in the middle to put the head through
Etymology: 18th Century: from American Spanish, from Araucanian pantho woollen material
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