vaca

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See also: vacă, vacã, vàca, and vācā

English

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Noun

vaca (countable and uncountable, plural vacas)

  1. (slang) Alternative spelling of vacay.

Anagrams

Aragonese

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaka/
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Syllabification: va‧ca

Etymology 1

From Latin vacca.

Noun

vaca f (plural vacas)

  1. cow
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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Alternative forms

Noun

vaca f (plural vacas)

  1. strike (work stoppage)
Derived terms

References

  • huelga”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
  • vaca”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

Asturian

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Etymology

From Latin vacca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaka/,
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Hyphenation: va‧ca

Noun

vaca f (plural vaques)

  1. cow

Catalan

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin vacca.

Pronunciation

Noun

vaca f (plural vaques)

  1. cow
  2. torpedo (ray of the genus Torpedo)
    Synonyms: tremolosa, torpede
  3. painted comber (fish of species Serranus scriba)
    Synonyms: serrana, vaca serrana

Further reading

Etymology 2

Verb

vaca

  1. inflection of vacar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin vacca (cow). Compare Italian vacca, Spanish vaca.

Noun

vaca f

  1. cow

Galician

Vacas
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Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese vaca, from Latin vacca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaka/
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Hyphenation: va‧ca

Noun

vaca f (plural vacas)

  1. cow
  2. (fishing) trawler

Derived terms

See also

References

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈva.ka/
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Hyphenation: và‧ca

Verb

vaca

  1. inflection of vacare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Latgalian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: va‧ca

Adjective

vaca

  1. inflection of vacs:
    1. indefinite genitive singular masculine
    2. indefinite nominative singular feminine

Latin

Verb

vacā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of vacō

Macanese

Etymology

From Portuguese vaca, from Old Galician-Portuguese vaca, from Latin vacca.

Noun

vaca

  1. cow
  2. beef
    vaca chacháu margosobeef stir-fried bitter melon
    vaca minchiminced beef
    champurâ vaca com brêdoto stir-fry beef with vegetables

Derived terms

  • bode-vaca (a strapping lad, literally billy goat cow)

Adjective

vaca

  1. (figurative, of women) corpulent, large
    unga nhônha bem di vacaa very large lady
    ela assí vacashe is so large

References

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vacca.

Pronunciation

Noun

vaca f (plural vacas)

  1. cow

Descendants

  • Galician: vaca
  • Portuguese: vaca (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit वच (vaca).

Noun

vaca m or n

  1. word, saying

Declension

References

  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “vaca”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin vacca

Pronunciation

Noun

vaca f (plural vache)

  1. cow

Portuguese

vaca

Pronunciation

 
 

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vaca, from Latin vacca.

Noun

vaca f (plural vacas)

  1. cow
  2. beef (meat)
  3. (derogatory, colloquial) a promiscuous woman; bitch
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vadia
Derived terms
Descendants

See also

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vaca

  1. inflection of vacar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References

Romanian

Noun

vaca f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of vacă

Spanish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

vaca

Inherited from Latin vacca.

Noun

vaca f (plural vacas)

  1. cow (adult female of the species Bos taurus)
  2. beef
    Synonyms: vacuno, res
  3. leather
    Synonym: cuero de vaca
  4. (derogatory, informal) cow (woman considered unpleasant, particularly one considered fat)
  5. (Chile) collection
    Synonym: recaudación
Derived terms
Descendants

Adjective

vaca f

  1. feminine singular of vaco

Etymology 2

Verb

vaca

  1. inflection of vacar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

See also

Further reading

Anagrams

Venetan

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Etymology

From Latin vacca

Noun

vaca f (plural vache)

  1. cow