# vegada
## Aragonese
### Alternative forms

* vegata

### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *vicāta, from Latin vicis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /beˈɡada/
* Rhymes: -ada
* Syllabification: ve‧ga‧da

### Noun

vegada f
* time, instance
    Synonym: vez
    una vegada ― once
    a vegadas ― sometimes
    El fayó dos vegadas. ― He did it twice.
    cada vegada que te veigo ― every time that I see you

#### Derived terms

* tota vegada que

#### Further reading

* Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA)

## Asturian
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *vicāta, from Latin vicis.

### Noun

vegada f (plural vegaes)
* time, occasion
    Synonym: vez
    per primer vegada ― for the first time

#### Derived terms

* ello foi una vegada

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *vicāta, from Latin vicis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [bəˈɣa.ðə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [vəˈɣa.ðə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [veˈɣa.ða]
* Audio (Barcelona):(file)
* Rhymes: -ada, -adə

### Noun

vegada f (plural vegades)
* time, occasion
    Synonym: cop
    per primera vegada ― for the first time

#### Derived terms

* a la vegada
* a vegades
* cada vegada més
* d'una vegada
* de vegades
* tal vegada
* una vegada

#### Further reading

* “vegada” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “vegada” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “vegada”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese vegada (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *vicāta, from Latin vicis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [beˈɣaðɐ]

### Noun

vegada f (plural vegadas)
* (dated) time, occasion
    Synonym: vez
** 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 85:Et Calrros com̃o oyo esto cõ sua caualaria, volueu outra vegada para conquerir a EspanaAnd as soon as Charlemagne heard this, together with his cavalry returned another time [once more] for conquering Spain

#### Derived terms

* ás vegadas

#### Related terms

* vez

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “vegada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “vegada”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vegada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “vegada”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *vicāta, from Latin vicis.

### Noun

vegada f (plural vegadas)
* time, occasion
    per primera vegada ― for the first time

#### Synonyms

* còp

#### Derived terms

* a la vegada
* a vegades
* cada vegada més
* d'una vegada
* de vegades
* tal vegada
* una vegada

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish vegada, from Vulgar Latin *vicāta, from Latin vicis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /beˈɡada/ [beˈɣ̞a.ð̞a]
* Rhymes: -ada
* Syllabification: ve‧ga‧da

### Noun

vegada f (plural vegadas)
* (obsolete) Synonym of vez
** 1605, Miguel de Cervantes, “Capítulo XLVI”, in El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Primera parte:Y esto será antes que el seguidor de la fugitiva ninfa faga dos vegadas la visita de las lucientes imágines con su rápido y natural curso.And this will occur before the pursuer of the fugitive nymph visits the bright signs twice in his swift and natural course.

### Further reading

* “vegada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10