vaqueiro
Portuguese, noun/vaˈke(j).ɾu/
vaqueiro is spelled V-A-Q-U-E-I-R-O (8 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 26,665th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vaqueiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cowhand (person who tends cattle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que tem como profissão cuidar de rebanhos de bois”.
What does vaqueiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecowhand (person who tends cattle)
- 2
masculinecowboy (a man who identifies with cowboy culture)
- 3
Brazilmasculineshiny cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis, a New World passerine bird)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem relação com o boi (toiro ou touro)
noun: 1. pessoa que tem como profissão cuidar de rebanhos de bois
noun: 1. constelação boreal, que tem forma de vaqueiro
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of vaqueiro
- vaqueiros plural
- vaqueira feminine
- vaqueiras feminine plural
- vaqueyro alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vaqueiro?
- Brazil /vaˈke(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [vaˈke(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /vɐˈkɐj.ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vaqueiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vaqueiro in Portuguese?
vaqueiro appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).