vaquita
va·qui·ta/vəˈkiːtə/noun
vaquita is a noun meaning “A critically endangered porpoise, the smallest of its kind, of species Phocoena sinus, endemic to the northern part of the Gulf of California, Mexico” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-A-Q-U-I-T-A and has 3 syllables (va·qui·ta), and it appears about once in every 26 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of vaquita is vaquitas.
What does vaquita mean?
noun
- 1
A critically endangered porpoise, the smallest of its kind, of species Phocoena sinus, endemic to the northern part of the Gulf of California, Mexico.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce vaquita?
- /vəˈkiːtə/
Vaquita has 3 syllables, split va·qui·ta in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of vaquita
- vaquitas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is vaquita?
Vaquita appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Vaquita in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Phocoena sinus:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | marsouin du Pacifique, vaquita, marsouin du golfe de Californie |
| German | Vaquita, Golftümmler, Kalifornischer Schweinswal |
| Portuguese | vaquita-marinha, vaquita |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does vaquita come from?
From Spanish vaquita (“little cow”), diminutive of vaca (“cow”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).