vejez

See also: vejéz

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• ueiez, veiez (alternative representations of the spelling)
• vejeza

Etymology

From viejo (“old, aged”) +‎ -ez.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βeˈʒed͡z/

Noun

vejez f (usually uncountable)

1. old age

   Antonyms: juuentut f, mancebez f, mancebia f

   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 1r:

     […] Qve ẏo loar me pueda de ti en my veiez. Aſſẏ cuemo me loe en mẏ iuuẽtud.

     [ […] Que yo loar-me pueda de ti en mi vejez, assí cuemo me loé en mi juventud.]

     […] That I may be able to rejoice in you in my old age as I rejoiced in my youth.

Descendants

• Ladino: vejéz
• Spanish: vejez

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish vejez. By surface analysis, viejo (“old”) +‎ -ez.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈxeθ/ [beˈxeθ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /beˈxes/ [beˈxes] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -eθ (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -es (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: ve‧jez

Noun

vejez f (plural vejeces)

1. old age
   • 1973, “Cuando Ya Me Empiece a Quedar Solo”, in Confesiones de Invierno, performed by Sui Generis:

     Una vejez sin temores / Y una vida reposada

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Derived terms

• a la vejez, viruelas

Further reading

• “vejez”, 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