vaqueiro

Portuguese

vaqueiros

Alternative forms

• vaqueyro (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin vaccārius. Compare Spanish vaquero.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vaˈke(j).ɾu/ [vaˈke(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vaˈke(j).ɾu/ [vaˈke(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /vaˈke(j).ɾo/ [vaˈke(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈkɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈkɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈkej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈkej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈke.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: va‧quei‧ro

Noun

vaqueiro m (plural vaqueiros, feminine vaqueira, feminine plural vaqueiras)

1. cowboy (person who tends cattle)

   Synonyms: boiadeiro, cobói

2. (Brazil) shiny cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis, a New World passerine bird)

   Synonyms: chupim, gaudério, vira-bosta

Derived terms

• gavião-vaqueiro

Related terms

• vaca
• vaqueirada
• vaqueiragem
• vaqueirama
• vaqueirar
• vaqueirice
• vaquejada
• vaquejador
• vaquejar
• vaquejo

 

See also

• boieiro