campisto
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kamˈpisto/ [kãmˈpis.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -isto
- Syllabification: cam‧pis‧to
Adjective
campisto (feminine campista, masculine plural campistos, feminine plural campistas)
- (Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua) cowboyish; cowboylike
- Synonym: vaquero
Noun
campisto m (plural campistos, feminine campista, feminine plural campistas)
- (Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua) a cowboy (a man who tends free-range cattle)
Further reading
- “campisto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
- “campisto”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010