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)

(relational) cow; cow-rearing

Noun

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

cowherd

Related terms

vaquero

Further reading

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

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