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An arriero is a person who transports goods using pack animals. In South America, ''arrieros'' transport coffee, maize, cork, wheat, and myriad other items. They remain common in the paisa region (Antioquia and the Colombian Coffee-Growers Axis) of Colombia. In English, an arriero is one form of muleteer, a wrangler of pack animals. In the Catalan language, an arriero is a traginer. In California, arrieros, or muleteers, work out of pack stations. A muleteer can also be known as a muleskinner, a more informal term. The term muleskinner means someone who can "skin", or outsmart, a mule. In Europe, there are still arrieros in the south of Portugal and the southwest of Spain, in the cork producing area. The role of the arrieros is now limited to transporting the cork with their mules, out of the Mediterranean oak forest to more accessible routes, where modern means of transport are available. == Origin== *The Catalan word ''traginer'' comes from the Latin word ''tragīnare'', a variant of ''tragĕre'' which means to transport. *The English word ''muleteer'' comes from the French ''muletier'', from Old French, from ''mulet'', diminutive of ''mul'', mule. *The Spanish word ''arriero'' is derived from the verb ''arrear'' that means to urge the cattle or other animals to walk. The verb itself is derived from 'arre', which is the call used to cry to the animals with this purpose. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arriero」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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