The word passed from Caló to Spanish slang as gachó[4] (masculine) / gachí[5] (feminine) acquiring the generalized meaning "man, guy" / "woman, girl".
[6] The European Portuguese words gajo (masculine) and gaja (feminine) originated in the Romani/Caló and are used in everyday language to refer informally to a man or a woman, in a usage similar to "guy" in English.
The word gazim has been attested as a rare use in Brazilian Portuguese with the meaning of strange (i.e. foreign) woman, probably with roots in the Romani gadji.
[8] In most areas it is heard, notably Edinburgh, the Borders and Dingwall,[9] gadgie has a generalised meaning of a man that the speaker doesn't know well.
In Dundee, it is a more pejorative term, referring to a poorly educated person who engages in hooliganism or petty criminality.