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La influencia mutua del español y el inglés, en los primeros momentos de contacto el inglés tomó más préstamos del español. To an even greater extent the origin of American cowboy dialect has its roots principally in the Spanish and later Mexican ranching vocabulary which was mispronounced and corrupted into English cowboy lingo.  \nThe following are many of the words considered typically western or American cowboy which grew out of the Spanish lexicon for the original cowboys, the vaqueros. This list consists of mostly western words of Spanish or Mexican origin along with a few other Americanisms which were borrowed from Spanish. Some words like\"cowboy\" are a transliteration of the original Spanish and may not appear to have any relationship to the English version. Cowboy came from the Spanish-vaquero or \"cow man.\"  \nMany American “westernisms” have very interesting and entertaining histories following their entomologies from European Middle Age Spanish beginnings to modern day cowboy lingo. Many of these words can be traced even further back thousands of years to Roman, Celtic, Arabic, and other early influences.  \nHere are a few fun examples. The word dude refers to an Easterner, tenderfoot, a man in “store-bought clothes”, a word derived from the Spanish phrase “lo dudo” meaning doubtful. Anyone having attempted to teach another person to drive a car knows the frustrations and misgivings we feel. Teaching a tenderfoot “the”ropes of cowboying is far more complicated so it is understandable how and why the Hispanic vaqueros sometimes in despair having tried to teach a Anglo “dude” ranching skills would frequently refer amongst themselves to these Easterners as “los dudos” the doubtful ones. Lo dudo was adopted and corrupted by those same Easterner tenderfeet into “dude” and in turn used to refer to subsequent newcomers. The common word wrangler comes from Spanish caverango, the original Spanish word for wrangler being corrupted from non-Spanish speaking persons corrupted pronunciation from cav-e-rango, then to wrango, which in English eventually became wrangler. The original and correct meaning of a caverango (wrangler) is generally a young inexperienced hand who tended horses, (remudero), on a cattle drive.  \nA parrot in Spanish is perico. A little perico is the diminutive form-periquito. Drop the letter “o” and you get the English “parakeet. “ The Spanish word for houselfly is mosca. A little mosca is the diminutive form-mosquito.  \nA few other more frequently used expressions borrowed from the old Spanish Vaquero lexicon and are listed below in greater detail are as follows. Every day words used in preparing our cuisine include such daily words as avocado, barbecue, cafeteria, tomato, calabash, cantina, jerky, and cocoa. Outdoors you may hear expressions using these words, ranch, boots, Bison, bamoose, bolo tie, bonanza, bronco, bucakroo, burro, calaboze, chaps, canada, canyon, cigarette, cockroach, coyote, doggie, lariat, lasso, jacket, marijuana, mustang, Mesta, parade, rodeo, tobacco, tornado and vigilante. These are but a few of the interesting words whose origins stem from the original cowboy culture fifteenth century Spanish. Many others follow below.  \nDefinition List  \nabra-Spanish for abrir,(to open), a narrow pass between hills, a narrow valley.  \nacequia-Spanish for irrigation ditch, canal; acequia madre meaning main irrigation-an irrigation canal.  \nacion-Spanish for stirrup leather.  \nadios-Spanish Adios, goodbye. literal tran","cbCaifUjc8MAIFbo","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifUjc8MAIFbo","pdf",999912,18,"English","# Vaquero/Cowboy Lingo\n## Origins of the cowboy dialect\n## Examples of word transformations\n## Daily words and western expressions\n## Definition list (Spanish-derived terms)","[{\"question\":\"What does the chapter say about the origin of American cowboy dialect?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that American cowboy dialect is rooted mainly in Spanish and later Mexican ranching vocabulary associated with the vaqueros, later mispronounced and corrupted into English cowboy lingo.\"},{\"question\":\"Why is the word “dude” discussed in the chapter?\",\"answer\":\"The chapter provides an origin story linking “dude” to the Spanish phrase “lo dudo” meaning doubtful, describing how it was adopted, corrupted, and then used to refer to newcomers.\"},{\"question\":\"What kind of information does the definition list contain?\",\"answer\":\"It contains Spanish-derived words used in western and cowboy contexts, each with a brief English meaning and notes on usage or literal translations.\"}]","COWBOYS-VAQUEROS Origins OfThe first American Cowboys - Chapter 11 - Vaquero/Cowboy Lingo | PDF",1790646722,28]