che

che · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A nickname or familiar form of address, particularly associated with Ernesto "Che" Guevara (1928-1967), the Argentine Marxist revolutionary.

  2. 2.

    (Spanish/Rioplatense) An interjection used in Argentina and Uruguay as a form of address, similar to "hey" or "buddy."

Related words

See also: argentina, revolutionary

Etymology

From the Rioplatense Spanish interjection che, possibly derived from the Valencian xe or the Mapuche language. Ernesto Guevara acquired the nickname because of his frequent use of this Argentine expression.