vaca

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See also: vacă, vacã, vàca, and vācā

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

vaca (countable and uncountable, plural vacas)

  1. (slang) Alternative spelling of vacay.

Anagrams[edit]

Aragonese[edit]

Aragonese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation[edit]

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

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin vacca.

Noun[edit]

vaca f (plural vacas)

  1. cow
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

vaca f (plural vacas)

  1. strike (work stoppage)
Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

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

Asturian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin vacca.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaka/, [ˈba.ka]
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Hyphenation: va‧ca

Noun[edit]

vaca f (plural vaques)

  1. cow

Catalan[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Latin vacca.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

vaca

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

Dalmatian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

vaca f

  1. cow

Galician[edit]

Vacas
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Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese vaca, from Latin vacca.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaka/ [ˈbɑ.kɐ]
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Hyphenation: va‧ca

Noun[edit]

vaca f (plural vacas)

  1. cow
  2. (fishing) trawler

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • “vaca” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
  • “vaca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “vaca” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “vaca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “vaca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “vaca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

vaca

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

Anagrams[edit]

Latgalian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈvat͡sa]
  • Hyphenation: va‧ca

Adjective[edit]

vaca

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

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

vacā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of vacō

Old Galician-Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin vacca.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

vaca f (plural vacas)

  1. cow

Descendants[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

Pali[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Alternative forms

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Sanskrit वच (vaca).

Noun[edit]

vaca m or n

  1. word, saying

Declension[edit]

Declension table of "vaca" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)vacovacā
Accusative (second)vacaṃvace
Instrumental (third)vacenavacehi or vacebhi
Dative (fourth)vacassa or vacāya or vacatthaṃvacānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)vacasmā or vacamhā or vacāvacehi or vacebhi
Genitive (sixth)vacassavacānaṃ
Locative (seventh)vacasmiṃ or vacamhi or vacevacesu
Vocative (calling)vacavacā
Declension table of "vaca" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)vacaṃvacāni
Accusative (second)vacaṃvacāni
Instrumental (third)vacenavacehi or vacebhi
Dative (fourth)vacassa or vacāya or vacatthaṃvacānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)vacasmā or vacamhā or vacāvacehi or vacebhi
Genitive (sixth)vacassavacānaṃ
Locative (seventh)vacasmiṃ or vacamhi or vacevacesu
Vocative (calling)vacavacāni

References[edit]

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

Piedmontese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin vacca

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

vaca f (plural vache)

  1. cow

Portuguese[edit]

vaca

Pronunciation[edit]

 
 

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

vaca f (plural vacas)

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

See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

vaca

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

References[edit]

Romanian[edit]

Noun[edit]

vaca f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of vacă

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

vaca

Inherited from Latin vacca.

Noun[edit]

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[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Descendants

Adjective[edit]

vaca f

  1. feminine singular of vaco

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

vaca

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

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Venetian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin vacca

Noun[edit]

vaca f (plural vache)

  1. cow
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