vacuna

See also: vacuná

Asturian

Etymology 1

Noun

vacuna f (plural vacunes)

1. vaccine (substance that stimulates production of antibodies)

Derived terms

• vacunar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vacuna

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

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish vacuna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [bəˈku.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [vəˈku.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [vaˈku.na]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [baˈku.na]

Noun

vacuna f (plural vacunes)

1. vaccine

Derived terms

• vacunar

Further reading

• “vacuna”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Etymology 2

Verb

vacuna

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

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish vacuna (“vaccine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈkuna/, [baˈku.na]
• Hyphenation: va‧cu‧na

Noun

vacuna

1. vaccine

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈkuna/ [baˈku.na]
• Rhymes: -una
• Syllabification: va‧cu‧na

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-Europeander.?

Latin vacca

Spanish vaca

Spanish -uno

Spanish vacuno

Spanish -a

Spanish vacuna

From vacuno (“bovine”) + -a.

Noun

vacuna f (plural vacunas)

1. (immunology) vaccine
   • 2024 September 6, Jacqueline Howard, “Las vacunas actualizadas contra el covid-19 ya no son gratuitas para las personas sin seguro en Estados Unidos”, in CNN en Español‎^[1]:

     El lanzamiento de las vacunas actualizadas contra el covid-19 comenzó en Estados Unidos pero, por primera vez, las inyecciones ya no serán gratuitas para las personas sin seguro en su farmacia local. […] La mayoría de las personas con seguro privado, Medicare o Medicaid aún podrán vacunarse sin costo, pero para los adultos sin seguro o aquellos cuyo seguro no cubre la vacuna, recibir la vacuna actualizada en una farmacia podría costar US$ 201,99.

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Derived terms

• vacunal
• vacunar
• vacunología

Descendants

• → Catalan: vacuna
• → Tagalog: bakuna

Adjective

vacuna

1. feminine singular of vacuno

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vacuna

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

Further reading

• “vacuno”, 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