vacar
Spanish, verb/baˈkaɾ/
vacar is spelled V-A-C-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written Spanish, the 193,839th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vacar is a Spanish verb meaning “to take a break” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cesar uno por algún tiempo en sus habituales negocios, estudios o trabajo”.
What does vacar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to take a break
- 2
to vacate
- 3
to dedicate time to
- 4
to lack
- 5
to impeach
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Cesar uno por algún tiempo en sus habituales negocios, estudios o trabajo. 2. Quedar un empleo, cargo o dignidad sin persona que lo desempeñe o posea. 3. Dedicarse o entregarse enteramente a un ejercicio determinado. 4. Carecer.
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 vacar
- vaco first-person present singular
- vaqué first-person preterite singular
- vacado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- vacando gerund
- vacada feminine participle past
- vacados masculine participle past
- vacadas feminine participle past
- vacas indicative informal present
- vacás indicative informal present
- vaca indicative present singular
- vacamos first-person indicative plural
- vacáis indicative plural present
- vacan indicative plural present
- vacaba first-person imperfect indicative
- vacabas imperfect indicative second-person
- vacábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- vacabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vacar?
- /baˈkaɾ/
- [baˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vacar in Spanish?
vacar appears about once in every 29 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).