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galanura : beauty (old fashioned)

galope : gallop

gamas : small animal

gatos monteses : wild cats

gauchos : traditional country man. The word was traced back to the last years of 18 th century, in colonial days, in the other side of Río de la Plata, current Uruguay Republic. It has a pejorative meaning and was used to name men who lived alone in the country side. In the independence war, Montevideo, under Spanish control, was besieged by independent troops which enroled many gauchos, so Spanish soldiers spoke about those damn gauchos. One of the besiegers was Martín Miguel de Güemes who some years later would be the defender of the northwestern border against Spain in his province of Salta with the so called Güemesī Gauchos. Indios gauchos: in this case, gaucho is used as adjective meaning free, without chief.

género : type

genio : temper

gentes : people

gobiernos : goverment

golosinas : sweet

grandemente : greatly

grandes : big

granulenta : with spots

grecolatinos : greek-latin

grupo : group

guanacos : guanacos (animals)

guardé : I kept

guarnición : garrison

gusto : taste

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