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)

1. cowboy (person who tends cattle)

Noun

vaqueiro m (plural vaqueiros)

1. (zoology) mullet

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

vaqueiros

Alternative forms

• vaqueyro (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin vaccārius. Compare Spanish vaquero.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vaˈke(j).ɾu/ [vaˈke(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vaˈke(j).ɾu/ [vaˈke(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /vaˈke(j).ɾo/ [vaˈke(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈkɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈkɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈkej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈkej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈke.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: va‧quei‧ro

Noun

vaqueiro m (plural vaqueiros, feminine vaqueira, feminine plural vaqueiras)

1. cowboy (person who tends cattle)

   Synonyms: boiadeiro, cobói

2. (Brazil) shiny cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis, a New World passerine bird)

   Synonyms: chupim, gaudério, vira-bosta

Derived terms

• gavião-vaqueiro

Related terms

• vaca
• vaqueirada
• vaqueiragem
• vaqueirama
• vaqueirar
• vaqueirice
• vaquejada
• vaquejador
• vaquejar
• vaquejo

 

See also

• boieiro