bovaro

Esperanto

Etymology

From bovo (“head of cattle”) +‎ -aro (collective suffix).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [boˈvaro]
• Rhymes: -aro
• Hyphenation: bo‧va‧ro

Noun

bovaro (accusative singular bovaron, plural bovaroj, accusative plural bovarojn)

1. a herd of cattle

Italian

Etymology

See boaro. Doublet of boario.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈva.ro/
• Rhymes: -aro
• Hyphenation: bo‧và‧ro

Noun

bovaro m (plural bovari, feminine bovara)

1. Alternative form of boaro (“cowherd”)
2. (derogatory) bumpkin, yokel

   Synonyms: (regional) burino, bifolco, buzzurro, cafone, incivile, maleducato, screanzato, villano, villanzone, villico, zotico, zoticone

3. (masculine only) cattle dog

   Hypernyms: cane da pastore, pastore

   Hyponyms: bovaro del Bernese, bovaro delle Fiandre

Related terms

• bovino
• bue

Anagrams

• orbavo