vaca

See also: vacă and vacã

English

Alternative forms

• vacay

Etymology

a clipping of vacation (informal, US)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌveɪ.keɪ/

Noun

vaca (plural vacas)

1. vacation.

Anagrams

• AACV, Cava, cava

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin vacca.

Noun

vaca f (plural vaques)

1. cow

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin vacca.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aka

Noun

vaca f (plural vaques)

1. cow

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese vaca, from Latin vacca.

Noun

vaca f (plural vacas)

1. cow

See also

• touro

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Italian

Verb

vaca

1. third-person singular present indicative of vacare
2. second-person singular imperative of vacare

Anagrams

• cava

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Latgalian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvatsa/

Adjective

vaca f

1. old

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Latin

Verb

vacā

1. first-person singular present active imperative of vacō

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Portuguese

vaca

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈva.kɐ/
• Rhymes: -aka

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese vaca, from Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European *wokeh₂-.

Noun

vaca f (plural vacas)

1. cow
2. (pejorative, slang) A promiscuous woman; bitch

See also

• boi
• touro
• bezerro
• vitelo
• novilho

Descendants

• Kadiwéu: waaca

Etymology 2

Verb

vaca

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of vacar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of vacar

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Romanian

Noun

vaca f

1. definite singular nominative and accusative form of vacă.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European *wokeh₂-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaka/

Noun

vaca f (plural vacas)

1. cow
2. leather

Derived terms

• vaca marina
• vacas flacas
• vacas gordas
• vaquita
• vaquilla
• vaquero, vaquera
• vaquería

See also

• becerro
• santa vaca
• ternero
• toro
• vacuno

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Venetian

Etymology

From Latin vacca.

Noun

vaca f (plural vache)

1. cow