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Vocabulary - Baja's Cowboys
Vocabulario - Los Vaqueros de Baja |
| bit (or bridle) |
freno m |
| campfire |
fogata f |
| camping place |
campamento m |
| corrals |
corrales mpl |
| cowboy |
vaquero m, |
| dammed-up section of arroyo or clay soil depression |
represo m |
| desert or countryside |
monte m |
| dismount (to get down) |
bajarse |
| donkey |
burro m, burra f |
| female mule & male mule |
mula f, & macho m |
| firewood |
leña f |
| flat mountain top |
mesa f |
| goat |
chivo(a) mf |
| headstall |
cabezada f f |
| herder, wrangler |
arriero |
| livestock |
ganado m |
| mountainside, or a level bench or ridge in a canyon |
ancón o faldeo m |
| natural “holding tank” in an arroyo |
tinaja f |
| natural spring, or upwelling in a riverbed |
ojo de agua m |
| old style leather pack “frame” |
aparejo m |
| orchard, or vegetable garden |
huerta f |
| pack animal |
animal de carga m |
| pack box |
java f |
| pack frame |
burriquete m |
| peak |
picacho m |
| place to contain animals (box canyon or mesa) |
potrero m |
| plain |
llano m |
| pool of water (fem); well (masc.) |
poza f; pozo m |
| ranch or a small community of ranch families |
rancho m |
| reins |
rienda f |
| ride on (horse, mule, donkey) |
montar a (caballo, mula, burro) |
| saddle |
montura f |
| smooth rock banks usually in riverbed (slickrock) |
tepetates mpl |
| steep |
empinada f |
| steep downhill descent; also an alluvial fan |
bajada f |
| steep trail or road up or downhill, a grade |
cuesta f |
| stirrup |
estribo m |
| stone or cement holding tank for irrigation |
pila f |
| top of a ridge or a “saddle” |
cumbre f |
| trail (road too) |
camino de herradura m, camino m |
| volcano, volcánico |
volcán m, volcanic adj |
| watercourse with or without water |
arroyo m |
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