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vaca

Spanish, noun

vaca is spelled V-A-C-A (4 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,378th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vaca is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “cow (adult female of the species Bos taurus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of vaco. With an accent, vacá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of vacar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Bos taurus) Denominación común de la hembra de la especie bovina”.

What does vaca mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininecow (adult female of the species Bos taurus)

  2. 2

    femininebeef

  3. 3

    feminineleather

  4. 4

    derogatoryfeminineinformalcow (woman considered unpleasant, particularly one considered fat)

  5. 5

    femininecollection

adjective

  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of vaco

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as vacá
  1. 1

    second-person singular voseo imperative of vacar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. (Bos taurus) Denominación común de la hembra de la especie bovina. 2. Carne de este animal que se utiliza como alimento. 3. Cuero curtido de este animal. 4. Dinero reunido entre varias personas con algún fin en específico, sobre todo cuando es para ayudar a alguien.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of vaca

  • vacas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to vaca

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is vaca in Spanish?

vaca appears 14 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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