Vázquez

See also: Vazquez

Galician

Alternative forms

• Vasques, Vásquez

Etymology

From Old Portuguese Vaasquez, from Old Galician-Portuguese Veasquez, from an earlier Velasquiz, from Belasco +‎ -ez, meaning "son/daughter of Belasco". Velasco or Belasco are Romance forms of a name in a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

Cognate with Portuguese Vasques, Spanish Velázquez and Blázquez.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaθkeθ/ [ˈbaθ.keθ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈbaθkeθ/ [ˈbaθ.keθ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /ˈbaskes/ [ˈbas.kes]

 

• Rhymes: -aθkeθ

• Rhymes: -aθkeθ
• Rhymes: -askes

• Hyphenation: Vázquez

Proper noun

Vázquez

1. a patronymical surname

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Vaasque”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “Vázquez” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈbaθkeθ/ [ˈbaθ.keθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈbaskes/ [ˈbas.kes]
• Rhymes: -aθkeθ
• Rhymes: -askes
• Syllabification: Váz‧quez

Proper noun

Vázquez ?

1. Alternative form of Vásquez