vecino

See also: veciño and Vecino

Spanish

Alternative forms

• vezino (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin vīcīnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /beˈθino/ [beˈθi.no]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /beˈsino/ [beˈsi.no]

Noun

vecino m (plural vecinos, feminine vecina, feminine plural vecinas)

1. neighbour (a person living on adjacent or nearby land)
2. (especially in the plural) a resident or inhabitant of an area, especially of a neighborhood or a village
3. (historical) freeman, person of relatively high status associated with a place

See also

• lugareño

Adjective

vecino (feminine vecina, masculine plural vecinos, feminine plural vecinas)

1. neighboring, adjacent

Derived terms

• avecinar
• avecindar

Related terms

• vecindad
• vecindario

Further reading

• “vecino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014