vaqueriza
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish vacariza, from Late Latin vaccāricia, from Latin vacca (“cow”). By surface analysis, vaca + -eriza. Compare Portuguese Vacariça, a toponym. First attested in the tenth century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bakeˈɾiθa/ [ba.keˈɾi.θa] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /bakeˈɾisa/ [ba.keˈɾi.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iθa (Spain)
- Rhymes: -isa (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: va‧que‧ri‧za
Noun
vaqueriza f (plural vaquerizas)
Related terms
See also
Adjective
vaqueriza
- feminine singular of vaquerizo
References
- Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “vaqueriza”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
- “vaquerizo”, 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