vaqueiro

Portuguese
vaqueiros

Alternative forms

Etymology

From vaca (“cow”) +‎ -eiro (“-eer”), from Old Portuguese vaca, from Latin vacca (“cow”). Compare Vulgar Latin *vaccārius, Spanish vaquero, Catalan vaquer, French vacher, Italian vaccaio, Romanian văcar.

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /va.ˈke(j).ɾu/
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /va.ˈke(j).ɾo/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /vɐ.ˈkɐj.ɾu/
  • Hyphenation: va‧quei‧ro

Noun

vaqueiro m (plural vaqueiros, 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
  • gavião-vaqueiro
  • vaca
  • vaqueirada
  • vaqueiragem
  • vaqueirama
  • vaqueirar
  • vaqueirice
  • vaquejada
  • vaquejador
  • vaquejar
  • vaquejo

See also
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