vía

See also: via, viâ, and vi'a

Galician

Noun

vía f (plural vías)

1. road, way, path
2. track, rail (of a train)

Related terms

• Vía Láctea

Verb

vía

1. first-person singular imperfect indicative of ver
2. third-person singular imperfect indicative of ver

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Icelandic

Verb

vía

1. (of flies) to lay eggs

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin via.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbia/ [ˈbi.a]

Noun

vía f (plural vías)

1. way
2. road
3. track, railroad track
4. method
5. leak

Synonyms

• camino

Derived terms

• aerovía
• país en vías de desarrollo
• tranvía

Related terms

• viático

Preposition

1. via

Usage notes

• Prepositional usage is fairly recent in Spanish. It is more conventional to use por for this purpose.

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Unknown. Compare Proto-Vietic *r-vaːjʔ (“soul; spirit”) (> Muong wãi), which is from Proto-Mon-Khmer *rwaaj (“tiger > soul; spirit”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [viə˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [viə˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [viə˦˥] ~ [jiə˦˥]

Noun

vía • (𡳺, 𩏳, 𩴅)

1. a type of soul, corresponding to the Chinese po

   hồn vía

   souls; mind

   Gì mà hồn vía trên mây vậy?

   Is your mind wandering somewhere?

Derived terms

Derived terms

• ba hồn bảy vía
• ba hồn chín vía
• bạt vía
• bạt vía kinh hồn
• bóng vía
• bở vía
• hết hồn hết vía
• hết vía
• hồn vía
• hú hồn hú vía
• hú vía
• khiếp vía
• khiếp vía kinh hồn
• kinh hồn bạt vía
• mất vía
• nói trộm vía
• trộm vía
• vía van

 

See also

• hồn
• phách