This word is from the Spanish vaquero.
ba·ké·ro
cowboy
Filipinos rarely use this archaic word these days. Most will simply use the English term or even transliterate it with slight modification as koboy.
mga bakéro
cowboys
KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG
bakéro: tagapag-alaga ng mga báka
Named after the cowboy rancher cowherder during the Old Wild West & infamous line or syllable means “fool” & “stupid wanker crazy damned you” by Japanese people and soldiers during WW2 & present day.