# vaca
## English
### Alternative forms

* vacay

### Pronunciation

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### Noun

vaca (countable and uncountable, plural vacas)
* (slang) Alternative spelling of vacay.

### Anagrams

* AACV, Cava, cava

## Aragonese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbaka/
* Rhymes: -aka
* Syllabification: va‧ca

### Etymology 1

From Latin vacca.

#### Noun

vaca f (plural vacas)
* 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)
* 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: /ˈbaka/ [ˈba.ka]
* Rhymes: -aka
* Hyphenation: va‧ca

### Noun

vaca f (plural vaques)
* cow

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin vacca.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈba.kə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈva.kə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈva.ka]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aka
* Homophone: baca

#### Noun

vaca f (plural vaques)
* cow
* torpedo (ray of the genus Torpedo)
    Synonyms: tremolosa, torpede
* 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, 2025
* “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
* inflection of vacar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Dalmatian
### Alternative forms

* baka, vacca, baca, bacca

### Etymology

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

### Noun

vaca f
* cow

## Fala
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese vaca, from Latin vacca.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbaka/
* Rhymes: -aka
* Syllabification: va‧ca

### Noun

vaca f (plural vacas)
* cow

### Further reading

* Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese vaca, from Latin vacca.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbaka/ [ˈbɑ.kɐ]
* Rhymes: -aka
* Hyphenation: va‧ca

### Noun

vaca f (plural vacas)
* cow
* (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, 2012–2025
* “vaca” in DIGALEGO - Dicionario de Galego, Ir Indo 2004, Xunta de Galicia 2013.
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vaca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “vaca” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “vaca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vaca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈva.ka/
* Rhymes: -aka
* Hyphenation: và‧ca

### Verb

vaca
* inflection of vacare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* cava

## Latgalian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvat͡sa]
* Hyphenation: va‧ca

### Adjective

vaca
* inflection of vacs:
** indefinite genitive singular masculine
** indefinite nominative singular feminine

## Latin
### Verb

vacā
* second-person singular present active imperative of vacō

## Macanese
### Etymology

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

### Noun

vaca
* cow
* 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
* (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: /ˈβa.ka/

### Noun

vaca f (plural vacas)
* cow

#### Descendants

* Fala: vaca
* Galician: vaca
* Portuguese: vaca (see there for further descendants)

### Further reading

* Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2025) “vaca”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “vaca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “vaca”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Pali
### 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 1
#### Noun

vaca n or m
* alternative citation form of vacas
* vocative singular of vacas

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

vaca ?
* Pali root vac (root)
** c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎ (overall work in Pali), page 291; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:वचवसवहादीनं उकारो वस्स ये ॥६॥ वच, वस, वह इच्चेवमादीनं धातूनं वकारस्स उकारो होति य पच्चये परे । उच्चते, वुच्चति; वुस्सति; वुय्हति ॥6. Vacavasavahādīnaṃ ukāro vassa ye Vaca, vasa, vaha iccevamādīnaṃ dhātūnaṃ vakārassa ukāro hoti ya paccaye pare.Uccate, vuccate; vussati; vuyhati.Vac, vas, vah etc. which have 'u' for 'va' Roots vac, vas, vah and so on etc. have 'u' from 'va' next to the ending 'ya'. Exx: uccate, vuccate; vussati; vuyhati.

## Piedmontese
### Etymology

From Latin vacca

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvaka/

### Noun

vaca f (plural vache)
* cow

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈva.kɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈva.kɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈva.ka/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈva.kɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈva.kɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈba.kɐ/
* Rhymes: -akɐ
* Hyphenation: va‧ca

### Etymology 1

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

#### Alternative forms

* vacca (pre-reform spelling)

#### Noun

vaca f (plural vacas)
* a cow
** 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Inverno [Winter]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, pages 101-102:As gotteiras pingavam, os chocalhos das vaccas tiniam, os sapos cantavam.The leaks dripped, the cows' bells jingled, and the frogs croaked.
* (Can we verify this sense?) beef (meat)
* (offensive, sexist) a promiscuous woman; a bitch
* (offensive, sexist) a bitch (a disagreeable woman)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vadia

##### Derived terms

* tempo das vacas gordas
* vaca-fria
* vaca-marinha
* vaqueiro
* vaquinha

##### Related terms

* vacina
* vaquita-marinha

##### 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
* inflection of vacar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### References

* “vaca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* “vaca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vaca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Romanian
### Noun

vaca f
* definite nominative/accusative singular of vacă

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbaka/ [ˈba.ka]
* Audio (Spain):(file)
* Rhymes: -aka
* Syllabification: va‧ca
* Homophone: baca

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin vacca.

#### Noun

vaca f (plural vacas)
* cow (adult female of the species Bos taurus)
* beef
    Synonyms: vacuno, res
* leather
    Synonym: cuero de vaca
* (derogatory, informal) cow (woman considered unpleasant, particularly one considered fat)
* (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
* trigo 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

* → 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
* feminine singular of vaco

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

vaca
* inflection of vacar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### See also

* becerro
* ganado
* santa vaca
* ternero
* toro
* vacuno

### Further reading

* “vaca”, 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

### Anagrams

* cava

## Venetan
### Etymology

From Latin vacca

### Noun

vaca f (plural vache)
* cow