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The predominant term for rubber in South America (Colombia, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Venezuela, Ecuador), derived from the original indigenous term for natural rubber tree latex in the Amazon basin. "Caucho" is the internationally recognized Spanish technical and scientific term for rubber (used in ISO and technical standards translated to Spanish). Usage: "caucho industrial" (industrial rubber), "lamina de caucho" (rubber sheet), "caucho natural" (natural rubber), "caucho sintetico" (synthetic rubber), "caucho nitrilo" (nitrile rubber). In Mexico, the equivalent everyday term is "hule" (from Nahuatl "ulli"); in Argentina and Spain, "goma" is also common; in Peru, "jebe" (from Quechua) is colloquial. For pan-Latin American SEO: content should include "caucho," "hule," and "goma" to capture search traffic across all Spanish-speaking markets. Technical compound names typically use "caucho" in formal documentation: "caucho de neopreno" (neoprene rubber), "caucho EPDM," "caucho de nitrilo NBR." The English equivalent is simply "rubber," covering all elastomeric materials.