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 Paleo-Hispanic.

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

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “Vaasque”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “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): /ˈbaθkeθ/ [ˈbaθ.keθ] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /ˈbaskes/ [ˈbas.kes] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aθkeθ (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• Rhymes: -askes (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: Váz‧quez

Proper noun

Vázquez m or f by sense

1. a surname, variant of Vásquez