vaqueiro

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Portuguese

vaqueiros

Alternative forms

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

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Brazil" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /va.ˈke(j).ɾu/
  • 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)

  1. cowboy (person who tends cattle)
    Synonym: boiadeiro
  2. (Brazil) shiny cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis, a New World passerine bird)
    Synonyms: chupim, gaudério, vira-bosta

Derived terms

See also

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