Usage Note
Hombre is a borrowing from Spanish used informally in French to mean 'man' or 'guy', often with a slightly macho or ironic tone. It belongs to informal and slang registers and is not appropriate in formal writing. The word is also the name of a classic card game of Spanish origin, though this sense is rare in modern French.
Examples
"C'est un sacré hombre, ce type."
Natural Translation
That guy is quite a character.
Literal Translation
That is quite a hombre, that fellow.
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