vaca

• vacay

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vaca (countable and uncountable, plural vacas)

1. (slang) Alternative spelling of vacay.

• AACV, Cava, cava

Aragonese Wikipedia has an article on:

vaca

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

From Latin vacca.

vaca f (plural vacas)

1. cow

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• vaga

vaca f (plural vacas)

1. strike (work stoppage)

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

Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:

vaca

Wikipedia ^ast

From Latin vacca.

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

vaca f (plural vaques)

1. cow

Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:

vaca

Wikipedia ^ca

Inherited from Latin vacca.

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

• Audio (Valencia):

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• Rhymes: -aka
• Homophone: baca

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

• “vaca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “vaca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “vaca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “vaca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

vaca

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

• baka, vacca, baca, bacca

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

vaca f

1. cow

Galician Wikipedia has an article on:

vaca

Wikipedia ^gl

From Old Galician-Portuguese vaca, from Latin vacca.

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

vaca f (plural vacas)

1. cow
2. (fishing) trawler

• “vaca”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “vaca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “vaca”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vaca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “vaca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vaca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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

vaca

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

• cava

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: va‧ca

vaca

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

vacā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of vacō

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

vaca

1. cow
2. beef

   vaca chacháu margoso ― beef stir-fried bitter melon

   vaca minchi ― minced beef

   champurâ vaca com brêdo ― to stir-fry beef with vegetables

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

vaca

1. (figurative, of women) corpulent, large

   unga nhônha bem di vaca ― a very large lady

   ela assí vaca ― she is so large

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#v

Inherited from Latin vacca.

• IPA^(key): /ˈβa.ka/

vaca f (plural vacas)

1. cow

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

• Universo Cantigas - "vaca"

Inherited from Sanskrit वच (vaca).

vaca m or n

1. word, saying

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

From Latin vacca

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaka/

vaca f (plural vache)

1. cow

• Rhymes: -akɐ
• Hyphenation: va‧ca

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

• vacca (pre-reform)

vaca f (plural vacas)

1. a cow
   • 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Inverno [Winter]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives]‎, Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, pages 101-102:

     As gotteiras pingavam, os chocalhos das vaccas tiniam, os sapos cantavam.

     The leaks dripped, the cows' bells jingled, and the frogs croaked.

2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) beef (meat)
3. (offensive, sexist) a promiscuous woman; a bitch
4. (offensive, sexist) a bitch (a disagreeable woman)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vadia

• vacina

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

vaca

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

• “vaca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “vaca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vaca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

vaca f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of vacă

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaka/

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: va‧ca
• Homophone: baca

Inherited from Latin vacca.

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

vaca f

1. feminine singular of vaco

vaca

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

• “vaca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

• cava

Venetan Wikipedia has an article on:

vaca

Wikipedia ^vec

From Latin vacca

vaca f (plural vache)

1. cow