vaca
English edit
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Noun edit
vaca (countable and uncountable, plural vacas)
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Aragonese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
vaca f (plural vacas)
Derived terms edit
- vacal (“leather”)
Related terms edit
- vacariza (“pasture for cattle”)
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)
- strike (work stoppage)
Derived terms edit
- fer vaca (“to go on strike”)
References edit
Asturian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vaca f (plural vaques)
Catalan edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [ˈba.kə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈva.kə]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈva.ka]
Audio (Valencian) (file) - Rhymes: -aka
- Homophone: baca
Noun edit
vaca f (plural vaques)
- cow
- torpedo (ray of the genus Torpedo)
- painted comber (fish of species Serranus scriba)
- Synonyms: serrana, vaca serrana
Further reading edit
- “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.
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
vaca
- inflection of vacar:
Dalmatian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin vacca (“cow”). Compare Italian vacca, Spanish vaca.
Noun edit
vaca f
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese vaca, from Latin vacca.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vaca f (plural vacas)
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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
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vaca
- inflection of vacare:
Anagrams edit
Latgalian edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
vaca
- inflection of vacs:
Latin edit
Verb edit
vacā
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vaca f (plural vacas)
Descendants edit
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Pali edit
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Alternative forms
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sanskrit वच (vaca).
Noun edit
vaca m or n
Declension edit
Declension table of "vaca" (masculine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | vaco | vacā |
Accusative (second) | vacaṃ | vace |
Instrumental (third) | vacena | vacehi or vacebhi |
Dative (fourth) | vacassa or vacāya or vacatthaṃ | vacānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | vacasmā or vacamhā or vacā | vacehi or vacebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | vacassa | vacānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | vacasmiṃ or vacamhi or vace | vacesu |
Vocative (calling) | vaca | vacā |
Declension table of "vaca" (neuter)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | vacaṃ | vacāni |
Accusative (second) | vacaṃ | vacāni |
Instrumental (third) | vacena | vacehi or vacebhi |
Dative (fourth) | vacassa or vacāya or vacatthaṃ | vacānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | vacasmā or vacamhā or vacā | vacehi or vacebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | vacassa | vacānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | vacasmiṃ or vacamhi or vace | vacesu |
Vocative (calling) | vaca | vacāni |
References edit
- Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “vaca”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
Piedmontese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vaca f (plural vache)
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): [ˈba.kɐ], [ˈβa.kɐ]
- Rhymes: -akɐ
- Hyphenation: va‧ca
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vaca, from Latin vacca.
Noun edit
vaca f (plural vacas)
- cow
- beef (meat)
- (derogatory, colloquial) a promiscuous woman; bitch
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vadia
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Related terms edit
Descendants edit
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
vaca
- inflection of vacar:
References edit
- “vaca” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
- “vaca” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “vaca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Romanian edit
Noun edit
vaca f
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
vaca f (plural vacas)
- cow (adult female of the species Bos taurus)
- beef
- leather
- Synonym: cuero de vaca
- (derogatory, informal) cow (woman considered unpleasant, particularly one considered fat)
- (Chile) collection
- Synonym: recaudación
Derived terms edit
- caña de vaca
- carne de vaca
- casa de vacas
- casco de vaca
- como una vaca
- corral de vacas
- costilla de vaca
- el día que las vacas vuelen
- enfermedad de las vacas locas
- lengua de vaca
- leña de vaca
- pezuña de vaca
- tanto peca el que mata a la vaca como el que le agarra la pata
- teta de vaca
- uña de vaca
- vaca de San Antón
- vaca del aguardiente
- vaca lechera
- vaca loca
- vaca marina
- vaca sagrada
- vacas flacas
- vacas gordas
- vaquera
- vaquería
- vaquero
- vaquilla
- vaquita
- ve de vaca
Descendants edit
Descendants
- → Asi: baka
- → Aymara: waka
- → Bikol Central: baka
- → Binukid: baka
- → Bolinao: baka
- → Cebuano: baka
- → Chickasaw: waaka'
- → Chamicuro: waka
- → Chamorro: guäkä
- → Cherokee: ᏩᎦ (waga), ᏩᎧ (waka)
- → Choctaw: waak
- → Hiligaynon: baka
- → Ilocano: baka
- → Kagayanen: baka
- → Kavalan: baka
- → Limos Kalinga: baka
- → Mapudungun: waka
- → Northern Catanduanes Bicolano: baka
- → Paraguayan Guaraní: vaka
- → Quechua: waka
- → Tagalog: baka
- → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: böca
- → Waray-Waray: baka
- ⇒ Spanish: vacas pl
Adjective edit
vaca f
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
vaca
- inflection of vacar:
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “vaca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams edit
Venetian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
vaca f (plural vache)