Che is a Spanish interjection used commonly in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, some parts of Brazil, Bolivia, and also in Valencia, Spain (equivalent to the Valencian xe, or Ebro-delta Catalan xa: the Valencia CF soccer team is known as "Els Xes" or "the Xe team".). It is an exclamation, often used to get attention or express surprise, and so it corresponds in some ways to exclamations such as "hey!", "eh!" and "wow!". It is also used in a vocative sense as though it meant "friend", and thus corresponds in some ways to expressions such as "mate", "pal", "man", or "dude" that can be found in the speech of various English speakers. Like these words, it may be used both before or after a phrase: "Man, this is some good beer", or, "Let's go get a beer, man." ("Xe, está buena la cerveza." or "Vamos a buscar unas cervezas, xe.") Che is a Spanish interjection. ... An interjection is a part of speech that usually has no grammatical connection to the rest of the sentence and simply expresses emotion on the part of the speaker, although most interjections have clear definitions. ... Location Coordinates : 39°29′ N 0°22′ W Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name València (Catalan) Spanish name Valencia Founded 137 BC Postal code 46000-46080 Website http://www. ... Valencian (valencià) is the historical, traditional, and official name used in the Valencian Community (Spain) to refer to the language spoken therein, also known as Catalan (català) in the Spanish Autonomous Communities of Catalonia, Aragon and the Balearic Islands; in the country of Andorra; in the southern French region of... The Ebro (Greek: Έβρος, Latin: Iberus, Spanish: Ebro, Catalan: Ebre) is Spains most voluminous and second longest river. ... Valencia Club de Fútbol (also known as Valencia CF or Valencia) are a Spanish professional football club based in Valencia. ...

The word has also spread to southern parts of Portuguese-speaking Brazil (usually written as "Tchê").

In other Latin American countries, the term Che is used to refer to someone from Argentina. For example, Ernesto "Che" Guevara earned his nickname from his frequent use of this expression, which, particularly to his Cuban comrades, was a curious feature of his idiolect. Guevara is popularly known simply as el Che in Latin American countries. This sort of appellation based on utterance is common when persons from different cultures interact (see, for example, les goddams). Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (June 14,[1] 1928 – October 9, 1967), commonly known as Che Guevara, El Che or just Che was an Argentine-born Marxist revolutionary, medical doctor , political figure, and leader of Cuban and internationalist guerrillas. ... An idiolect is a variety of a language unique to an individual. ... During the Hundred Years War and many other conflicts between England and France in the Middle Ages, the French came to call the English (and specially its infantry), les goddamns or les goddams after their frequent expletives. ...

Several tango song names start with the word che (e.g. Che, bandoneón and Che, papusa, oí). Also, Cheeee! was a catchphrase used by the late José Marrone when impersonating the clown Pepitito. Tango music is traditionally played by an orquesta típica, a sextet which includes two violins, piano, doublebass, and two bandoneons. ... A catch phrase is a phrase or expression that is popularized, usually through repeated use, by a real person or fictional character. ... José Carlos Marrone (b. ...

The origin of this word is unclear. It may have derived from several native South American languages: in Guarani language che means simply "I" or "my", in Tehuelche and Puelche (Pampa) languages che means "man", and in Mapudungun language (Mapuche) it means "people". Others, however, argue that the word che is derived from the archaic Spanish word ce, used to call someone's attention. Another theory connects it with the Italian greeting Ciao introduced to South America by Italian immigrants. Guaraní (gwah-rah-nee) [gwarani] (local name: avañeẽ) is a language spoken in Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and southwestern Brazil. ... Tehuelche is a nearly extinct Chon language spoken by 4 people in Argentina out of an ethnic group of 200. ... The Puelche language is a nearly extinct language spoken in Argentina and allready extinct in Chile, it is a distinct language from the related Pehuenche dialect of Mapudungun. ... Mapudungun is an Araucanian language spoken in Chile and Argentina by the Mapuche people. ... Look up ciao in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

External links

• La trama, a very short story by J.L. Borges illustrating use of che. (Spanish)

Jorge Luis Borges (August 24, 1899 – June 14, 1986) was an Argentine writer. ...

See also

• Lunfardo
• Re (exclamation)
• Che Guevara