Other forms: hombres
Hombre is a man, in informal borrowed Spanish. A tough hombre, one bad hombre, some hombre at the bar.
In English it is almost always preceded by an adjective — a tough hombre, a bad hombre — and it carries a western film flavour. Used by English speakers about Spanish speakers it can sound mocking, which is worth knowing before reaching for it.
1nounhombreA man, in informal borrowed Spanish.
“"That's one tough hombre," the cowboy said, watching the stranger ride into town.”
hombre is a man.
Spanish hombre means a man, from Latin homo. English human and the card game ombre are relatives.
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English, today
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Borrowed from Spanish hombre. Spanish hombre (“man; human being”). a doublet of gome and homo and ombre and omi.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA