vaqueiro
Portuguese
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Alternative forms
- vaqueyro (obsolete)
Etymology
From vaca (“cow”) + -eiro (“-eer”), from Old Galician-Portuguese vaca, from Latin vacca (“cow”). Compare Vulgar Latin *vaccārius, Spanish vaquero, Catalan vaquer, French vacher, Italian vaccaio, Romanian văcar.
Pronunciation
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- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "South Brazil" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /va.ˈke(j).ɾo/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Portugal" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /vɐ.ˈkɐj.ɾu/
- Hyphenation: va‧quei‧ro
Noun
vaqueiro m (plural s, feminine vaqueira, feminine plural vaqueiras)
- cowboy (person who tends cattle)
- Synonym: boiadeiro
- (Brazil) shiny cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis, a New World passerine bird)
- Synonyms: chupim, gaudério, vira-bosta
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See also
Categories:
- Portuguese terms suffixed with -eiro
- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Brazilian Portuguese
- pt:Agriculture
- pt:Occupations