vaquita
Spanish, noun/baˈkita/
vaquita is spelled V-A-Q-U-I-T-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 52,742nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vaquita is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “diminutive of vaca, little cow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Diminutivo de vaca”.
What does vaquita mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediminutive of vaca, little cow
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Diminutivo de vaca. 2. Pequeña marsopa del Golfo de California. 3. (Coccinellidae) Mariquita. 4. (Gyriosomus elongatus) Insecto coleóptero negro grisáceo de cuerpo convexo, del norte de Chile.
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 vaquita
- vaquitas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vaquita?
- /baˈkita/
- [baˈki.t̪a]
- [baˈkit̪a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vaquita in Spanish?
vaquita appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).