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vaca

See also: vacă, vacã, vàca, and vācā

English

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Noun

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vaca (countable and uncountable, plural vacas)

  1. (slang) Alternative spelling of vacay.

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Aragonese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbaka/
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Syllabification: va‧ca

Etymology 1

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From Latin vacca.

Noun

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vaca f (plural vacas)

  1. cow
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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Noun

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vaca f (plural vacas)

  1. strike (work stoppage)
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References

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  • “huelga”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
  • “vaca”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

Asturian

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Etymology

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From Latin vacca.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbaka/, [ˈba.ka]
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Hyphenation: va‧ca

Noun

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vaca f (plural vaques)

  1. cow

Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin vacca.

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Noun

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vaca f (plural vaques)

  1. cow
  2. torpedo (ray of the genus Torpedo)
    Synonyms: tremolosa, torpede
  3. painted comber (fish of species Serranus scriba)
    Synonyms: serrana, vaca serrana

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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vaca

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

Dalmatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin vacca (“cow”). Compare Italian vacca, Spanish vaca.

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vaca f

  1. cow

Galician

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Vacas
 
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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese vaca, from Latin vacca.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbaka/ [ˈbɑ.kɐ]
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Hyphenation: va‧ca

Noun

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vaca f (plural vacas)

  1. cow
  2. (fishing) trawler

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈva.ka/
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Hyphenation: và‧ca

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vaca

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

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Latgalian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈvat͡sa]
  • Hyphenation: va‧ca

Adjective

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vaca

  1. inflection of vacs:
    1. indefinite genitive singular masculine
    2. indefinite nominative singular feminine

Latin

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Verb

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vacā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of vacō

Macanese

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Etymology

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From Portuguese vaca, from Old Galician-Portuguese vaca, from Latin vacca.

Noun

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vaca

  1. cow
  2. beef
    vaca chacháu margoso ― beef stir-fried bitter melon
    vaca minchi ― minced beef
    champurâ vaca com brêdo ― to stir-fry beef with vegetables

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  • bode-vaca (“a strapping lad”, literally “billy goat cow”)

Adjective

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vaca

  1. (figurative, of women) corpulent, large
    unga nhônha bem di vaca ― a very large lady
    ela assí vaca ― she is so large

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Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin vacca.

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Noun

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vaca f (plural vacas)

  1. cow

Descendants

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  • Galician: vaca
  • Portuguese: vaca (see there for further descendants)

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Pali

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit वच (vaca).

Noun

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vaca m or n

  1. word, saying

Declension

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Declension table of "vaca" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)vacovacā
Accusative (second)vacaṃvace
Instrumental (third)vacenavacehi or vacebhi
Dative (fourth)vacassa or vacāya or vacatthaṃvacānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)vacasmā or vacamhā or vacāvacehi or vacebhi
Genitive (sixth)vacassavacānaṃ
Locative (seventh)vacasmiṃ or vacamhi or vacevacesu
Vocative (calling)vacavacā
Declension table of "vaca" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)vacaṃvacāni
Accusative (second)vacaṃvacāni
Instrumental (third)vacenavacehi or vacebhi
Dative (fourth)vacassa or vacāya or vacatthaṃvacānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)vacasmā or vacamhā or vacāvacehi or vacebhi
Genitive (sixth)vacassavacānaṃ
Locative (seventh)vacasmiṃ or vacamhi or vacevacesu
Vocative (calling)vacavacāni

References

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  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “vaca”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Piedmontese

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Etymology

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From Latin vacca

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Noun

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vaca f (plural vache)

  1. cow

Portuguese

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vaca

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vaca, from Latin vacca.

Noun

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vaca f (plural vacas)

  1. cow
  2. beef (meat)
  3. (derogatory, colloquial) a promiscuous woman; bitch
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vadia
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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vaca

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

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Romanian

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Noun

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vaca f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of vacă

Spanish

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Etymology 1

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vaca

Inherited from Latin vacca.

Noun

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vaca f (plural vacas)

  1. cow (adult female of the species Bos taurus)
  2. beef
    Synonyms: vacuno, res
  3. leather
    Synonym: cuero de vaca
  4. (derogatory, informal) cow (woman considered unpleasant, particularly one considered fat)
  5. (Chile) collection
    Synonym: recaudación
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Adjective

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vaca f

  1. feminine singular of vaco

Etymology 2

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Verb

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vaca

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

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Further reading

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Venetan

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Etymology

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From Latin vacca

Noun

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vaca f (plural vache)

  1. cow
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