el
masculine
/baˈkeɾo/
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Translation
cowboy
Word origin
From vaca ('cow'), from Latin vacca, plus the agent suffix -ero. A vaquero is literally a cow-herder.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- vacca
- English cognates
- vaccine
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralvaqueros
Examples
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The cowboy mounted his horse at dawn.
muchos .
The film featured many brave cowboys.
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The cowboy looked after the cattle during the night.
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Would you have liked to be a cowboy as a child?
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I bought some new jeans for the trip.
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