vaqueiro
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vaqueiros
Galician
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vaqueyro, from Medieval Latin vaccārius. Compare Portuguese vaqueiro, Spanish vaquero.
Pronunciation
Noun
vaqueiro m (plural vaqueiros, feminine vaqueira, feminine plural vaqueiras)
- cowboy (person who tends cattle)
Noun
vaqueiro m (plural vaqueiros)
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “vaqueyro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “vaqueyro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vaqueiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “vaqueiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vaqueiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- vaqueyro (obsolete spelling)
Etymology
Inherited from Early Medieval Latin vaccārius. Compare Spanish vaquero.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: va‧quei‧ro
Noun
vaqueiro m (plural vaqueiros, feminine vaqueira, feminine plural vaqueiras)
- cowboy (person who tends cattle)
- (Brazil) shiny cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis, a New World passerine bird)
- Synonyms: chupim, gaudério, vira-bosta