vaquerizo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish vacarizo, from Late Latin vaccāricius, from Latin vacca (“cow”). By surface analysis, vaca +‎ -erizo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /bakeˈɾiθo/ [ba.keˈɾi.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /bakeˈɾiso/ [ba.keˈɾi.so]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -iθo
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -iso
• Syllabification: va‧que‧ri‧zo

Adjective

vaquerizo (feminine vaqueriza, masculine plural vaquerizos, feminine plural vaquerizas)

1. (relational) cow; cow-rearing

Noun

vaquerizo m (plural vaquerizos, feminine vaqueriza, feminine plural vaquerizas)

1. cowherd

Related terms

• vaquero

 

Further reading

• “vaquerizo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014