🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

vaqueiro

Pronunciation / Transliteration: vaqueiro

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Cowboy/ˈkaʊ.bɔɪ/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O vaqueiro galopava pelos campos."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A herder of cattle, typically one on horseback in the American West.

    "The cowboy rode across the prairie to gather the stray cattle."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Coined in the United States around the 18th century as a compound of 'cow' and 'boy', originally referring to a young person who tended cattle.

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