vaqueiro

== Galician == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vaqueyro, from Medieval Latin vaccārius. Compare Portuguese vaqueiro, Spanish vaquero. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baˈkejɾo/ [bɑˈkej.ɾʊ] Rhymes: -ejɾo Hyphenation: va‧quei‧ro === Noun === vaqueiro m (plural vaqueiros, feminine vaqueira, feminine plural vaqueiras) cowboy (person who tends cattle) === Noun === vaqueiro m (plural vaqueiros) (zoology) mullet === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “vaqueyro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “vaqueiro”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega 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. By surface analysis, vaca +‎ -eiro. Compare Spanish vaquero. The sense of "cowboy" is a semantic loan from English cowboy. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: va‧quei‧ro === Noun === vaqueiro m (plural vaqueiros, feminine vaqueira, feminine plural vaqueiras) cowhand (person who tends cattle) Synonym: boiadeiro cowboy (a man who identifies with cowboy culture) Synonym: caubói / cobói (Brazil) shiny cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis, a New World passerine bird) Synonyms: chupim, gaudério, vira-bosta ==== Derived terms ==== gavião-vaqueiro ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “vaqueiro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “vaqueiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026