vaquero

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish vaquero (“cowherd”), from vaca (“cow”). Doublet of buckaroo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vɑˈkɛɹoʊ/ === Noun === vaquero (plural vaqueros or vaqueroes) (Southwestern US) A cowboy; a herdsman. === See also === caballero charro == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Early Medieval Latin vaccārius. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baˈkeɾo/ [baˈke.ɾo] Rhymes: -eɾo Syllabification: va‧que‧ro === Adjective === vaquero (feminine vaquera, masculine plural vaqueros, feminine plural vaqueras) cowboy === Noun === vaquero m (plural vaqueros) cowherd, cowboy Synonyms: gaucho, huaso, llanero (in the plural) jeans Synonyms: tejanos, pantalones vaqueros, pantalón vaquero, jeans vestidos con vaqueros ― dressed in jeans a kind of bird: squirrel cuckoo (Piaya cayana) Synonyms: aguatudo, cuapaxcle, cuco ardilla, cuco ardilla común, chicura, chile ancho, guaco, pájaro bobo, piscoy, ticuyo colorado laughing falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans) Synonyms: guace, guaco, guaco vaquero, guaicurú, halcón guaco, halcón reidor, halcón risueño, halieto, llamanorte, pájaro caballero, pájaro vaquero, valdivia lesser ground cuckoo (Morococcyx erythropygus) Synonyms: correcamino, cuclillo chiflador, cuclillo sabanero, cuclillo terrestre, cuco bobo, escatuto, faisán, gallina boba, gallina ciega, paisano ==== Derived terms ==== guaco vaquero pájaro vaquero pantalón vaquero, pantalones vaqueros vaquero grande vaquero ojirrojo ==== Descendants ==== → English: buckaroo, buckayro, buckeroo === References === Schoenhals, Louise C. (1988), A Spanish - English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna‎[2], Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 487 === Further reading === “vaquero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025