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noun, feminine

vaqueriza

/bakeˈɾiθa/

noun, feminine/bakeˈɾiθa/plural: vaquerizas

cow hut; female equivalent of vaquerizo

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.