vaquero
/baˈkeɾo/ · B1 · adj
jeans
🤠🐄 vaca (cow) + -ero (one who works with) = cow-man
Spanish vaca means cow, and the suffix -ero marks a trade, as in zapatero (shoemaker). English borrowed vaquero as buckaroo. As an adjective it means denim: pantalones vaqueros are jeans.