vaqueiro
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
- vaqueyro (obsolete spelling)
Etymology edit
Inherited from Early Medieval Latin vaccārius. Compare Spanish vaquero.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: va‧quei‧ro
Noun edit
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