vía

From Old Galician-Portuguese via, from Latin via.

• IPA^(key):

vía f (plural vías)

1. road, way, path

   Synonyms: camiño, ruta

2. track, rail (of a train)
3. windrow

   Synonym: renque

4. layer

   Synonym: capa

• Vía Láctea

vía

1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of ver

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “via”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “vía”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vía”, 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), “vía”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vía”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

vía

1. (of flies) to lay eggs

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Inherited from Latin via.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbia/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: ví‧a

vía f (plural vías)

1. way, means

   Era su única vía de escape.

   It was their only way of escape.

2. (figuratively) avenue, way, path

   Quiero considerar cada posible vía antes de tomar una decisión.

   I want to consider every possible avenue before making a decision.

3. road

   Synonym: camino

4. track, railroad track

   Mi hijo cruzó las vías por el paso para peatones, pero por la poca iluminación y el ruido que había no vio el tren.

   My son crossed the tracks at the foot crossing, but because there was little light and noise he did not see the train.

5. method
6. leak
7. (anatomy, medicine, neurology) pathway

vía

1. via

• Prepositional usage is fairly recent in Spanish. It is more conventional to use por for this purpose.

• “vía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Unknown. Compare Proto-Vietic *r-vaːjʔ (“soul; spirit”) (> Muong wãi), which is from Proto-Mon-Khmer *rwaaj (“tiger > soul; spirit”).

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key):
• (Huế) IPA^(key):
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): ~

• Audio (Hà Nội):

  (file)

vía • (𡳺, 𩏳, 𩴅)

1. a type of soul, corresponding to the Chinese po

   Synonym: phách

   hồn vía ― souls; mind

   Gì mà hồn vía trên mây vậy?

   Is your mind wandering somewhere?

• vía; phách; linh