vacina

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vaccina < vaccinus. Meaning comes from New or Scientific Latin (variola) vaccina (“cowpox”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈθina̝/, (western) /baˈsina̝/

Noun

vacina f (plural vacinas)

1. vaccine

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin vaccīna. Meaning comes from New or Scientific Latin (variola) vaccina (“cowpox”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vaˈsĩ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vaˈsĩ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /vaˈsi.na/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈsi.nɐ/, /vaˈsi.nɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈsi.nɐ/, /vaˈsi.nɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈsi.nɐ/, /baˈsi.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: va‧ci‧na

Noun

vacina f (plural vacinas)

1. vaccine

   Synonym: (Portugal, childish) pica

Related terms

• vaca

Etymology 2

Verb

vacina

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