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cowboy
cowboy /kau̯ˈboj/
noun#3780 most common
Also: cattle herder, reckless person (figurative use)
Example sentences
El este un cowboy.
He is a cowboy.
Cowboy-ul călărește un cal.
The cowboy rides a horse.
Am văzut un film cu cowboy în weekend.
I watched a cowboy movie over the weekend.
Cowboy-ii din vestul american purtau pălării mari și cizme de piele.
The cowboys of the American West wore big hats and leather boots.
Filmele western au transformat imaginea cowboy-ului într-un simbol al libertății și al aventurii.
Western films turned the image of the cowboy into a symbol of freedom and adventure.
Criticii au numit-o o politică de cowboy, impulsivă și fără nicio strategie coerentă.
Critics called it cowboy policy, impulsive and without any coherent strategy.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cowboy | cowboy |
| Genitive | cowboy-ului | cowboy-ilor |
| Accusative | cowboy | cowboy |
| Vocative | cowboy | cowboy |
Word family
cowgirlfemale cowboy, also used as a direct borrowing in Romanian
westernfilm genre associated with cowboys, also borrowed into Romanian
cowboy (de cowboy)invariable attributive use, as in cizme de cowboy, cowboy boots
vaqueroSpanish-origin term for a cattle herder, sometimes used as a related concept
Etymology
Cowboy is an English compound of cow and boy, formed in the American West to name someone who herds and tends cattle, often on horseback. Romanian borrowed the word whole in the 20th century, mainly through American western films and popular culture, without translating or adapting its spelling. The element cow goes back to a well-established Indo-European root for cattle. The origin of boy is disputed among etymologists, so no single root is assigned to it.
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