vacada

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [bəˈka.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [vəˈka.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [vaˈka.ða]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [baˈka.ða]

Participle

vacada f sg

1. feminine singular of vacat

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-Europeander.?

Latin vacca

Old Galician-Portuguese vaca

Galician vaca

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātus

Latin -āta

Old Galician-Portuguese -ada

Galician -ada

Galician vacada

From vaca + -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈkada/ [bɑˈkɑ.ð̞ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Hyphenation: va‧ca‧da

Noun

vacada f (plural vacadas)

1. herd (of cows)

   Synonyms: armentío, rabaño

Further reading

• “vacada”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “vacada”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Portuguese

Participle

vacada f sg

1. feminine singular of vacado

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈkada/ [baˈka.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: va‧ca‧da

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-Europeander.?

Latin vacca

Spanish vaca

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātus

Latin -āta

Spanish -ada

Spanish vacada

From vaca + -ada.

Noun

vacada f (plural vacadas)

1. herd (of cows)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

vacada f sg

1. feminine singular of vacado

Further reading

• “vacada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025