vaca

See also: vacă, vacã, vàca, and vācā

English

Alternative forms

• vacay

Noun

vaca (countable and uncountable, plural vacas)

1. (slang) Alternative spelling of vacay.

Anagrams

• AACV, Cava, cava

Aragonese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Latin vacca.

Noun

vaca f (plural vacas)

1. cow

Derived terms

• vacal (“leather”)

 

Related terms

• vacariza (“pasture for cattle”)

 

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• vaga

Noun

vaca f (plural vacas)

1. strike (work stoppage)

Derived terms

• fer vaca (“to go on strike”)

 

References

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

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin vacca.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

vaca f (plural vaques)

1. cow

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin vacca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈba.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈva.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈva.ka]

• Audio (Valencia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aka
• Homophone: baca

Noun

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

Further reading

• “vaca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “vaca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “vaca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “vaca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology 2

Verb

vaca

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

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• baka, vacca, baca, bacca

Etymology

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

Noun

vaca f

1. cow

Galician

Vacas

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese vaca, from Latin vacca.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

vaca f (plural vacas)

1. cow
2. (fishing) trawler

Derived terms

• Bacariza
• Cabeza da Vaca
• Cabeza de Vaca
• Pena Vaqueira
• Penavaqueira
• Vacariza
• Vaqueira
• Vaqueiro
• vaqueiro
• vaqueriza

 

See also

• almallo
• becerro
• boi
• touro
• xato

 

References

• “vaca”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• “vaca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “vaca” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “vaca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “vaca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “vaca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

vaca

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

Anagrams

• cava

Latgalian

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

vaca

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

Latin

Verb

vacā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of vacō

Macanese

Etymology

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

Noun

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

Derived terms

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

Adjective

vaca

1. (figurative, of women) corpulent, large

   unga nhônha bem di vaca ― a very large lady

   ela assí vaca ― she is so large

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#v

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vacca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈβa.ka/

Noun

vaca f (plural vacas)

1. cow

Descendants

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

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "vaca"

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀯𑀘 (Brahmi script)
• वच (Devanagari script)
• ৰচ (Bengali script)
• වච (Sinhalese script)
• ဝစ or ဝၸ (Burmese script)
• วจ or วะจะ (Thai script)
• ᩅᨧ (Tai Tham script)
• ວຈ or ວະຈະ (Lao script)
• វច (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄌 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit वच (vaca).

Noun

vaca m or n

1. word, saying

Declension

Declension table of "vaca" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	vaco	vacā
Accusative (second)	vacaṃ	vace
Instrumental (third)	vacena	vacehi or vacebhi
Dative (fourth)	vacassa or vacāya or vacatthaṃ	vacānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	vacasmā or vacamhā or vacā	vacehi or vacebhi
Genitive (sixth)	vacassa	vacānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	vacasmiṃ or vacamhi or vace	vacesu
Vocative (calling)	vaca	vacā

Declension table of "vaca" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	vacaṃ	vacāni
Accusative (second)	vacaṃ	vacāni
Instrumental (third)	vacena	vacehi or vacebhi
Dative (fourth)	vacassa or vacāya or vacatthaṃ	vacānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	vacasmā or vacamhā or vacā	vacehi or vacebhi
Genitive (sixth)	vacassa	vacānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	vacasmiṃ or vacamhi or vace	vacesu
Vocative (calling)	vaca	vacāni

References

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

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin vacca

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaka/

Noun

vaca f (plural vache)

1. cow

Portuguese

vaca

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈva.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈva.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ka/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈva.kɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈva.kɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈba.kɐ/

• (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): [ˈba.kɐ], [ˈβa.kɐ]
• Rhymes: -akɐ
• Hyphenation: va‧ca

Etymology 1

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

Noun

vaca f (plural vacas)

1. cow
2. beef (meat)
3. (derogatory, colloquial) a promiscuous woman; bitch

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vadia

Derived terms

• tempo das vacas gordas
• vaqueiro
• vaquinha

 

Related terms

• vacina

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: báka
• Papiamentu: baka
• → Kadiwéu: waaca

See also

• bezerro
• boi
• novilho
• touro
• vitelo

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vaca

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

References

• “vaca” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
• “vaca” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “vaca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Romanian

Noun

vaca f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of vacă

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaka/ [ˈba.ka]

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: va‧ca
• Homophone: baca

Etymology 1

vaca

Inherited from Latin vacca.

Noun

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

Derived terms

• caña de vaca
• carne de vaca
• casa de vacas
• casco de vaca
• como una vaca
• corral de vacas
• costilla de vaca
• el día que las vacas vuelen
• enfermedad de las vacas locas
• lengua de vaca
• leña de vaca
• pezuña de vaca
• tanto peca el que mata a la vaca como el que le agarra la pata
• teta de vaca
• uña de vaca
• vaca de San Antón
• vaca del aguardiente
• vaca lechera
• vaca loca
• vaca marina
• vaca sagrada
• vacas flacas
• vacas gordas
• vaquera
• vaquería
• vaquero
• vaquilla
• vaquita
• ve de vaca

 

Descendants

Descendants

• → Asi: baka
• → Aymara: waka
• → Bikol Central: baka
• → Binukid: baka
• → Bolinao: baka
• → Cebuano: baka
• → Chickasaw: waaka'
• → Chamicuro: waka
• → Chamorro: guäkä
• → Cherokee: ᏩᎦ (waga), ᏩᎧ (waka)
• → Choctaw: waak
• → Hiligaynon: baka
• → Ilocano: baka
• → Kagayanen: baka
• → Kavalan: baka
• → Limos Kalinga: baka
• → Mapudungun: waka
• → Northern Catanduanes Bicolano: baka
• → Paraguayan Guaraní: vaka
• → Quechua: waka
• → Tagalog: baka
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: böca
• → Waray-Waray: baka
• ⇒ Spanish: vacas pl
  • → Chol: wakax
  • → Ch'orti': wakax
  • → Classical Nahuatl: huācax
  • → Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: huacax
  • → K'iche': wakäx
  • → Navajo: béégashii
  • → Pipil: wakash
  • → Tzeltal: wakax
  • → Yucatec Maya: wakax

Adjective

vaca f

1. feminine singular of vaco

Etymology 2

Verb

vaca

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

See also

• becerro
• ganado
• santa vaca
• ternero
• toro
• vacuno

 

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• cava

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin vacca

Noun

vaca f (plural vache)

1. cow