vez
Spanish, noun/ˈbeθ/
vez is spelled V-E-Z (3 letters) and appears 1,096 times per million words in written Spanish, the 70th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vez is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “time, instance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Alternación de las cosas por turno u orden sucesivo”.
What does vez mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetime, instance
una vez
- 2
Spainfeminineplace (in a queue)
- 3
Spainfeminineturn (a chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others)
- 4
feminineplace, stead
hacer las veces de
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Alternación de las cosas por turno u orden sucesivo. 2. Tiempo u ocasión determinada en que se ejecuta una acción, aunque no incluya orden sucesivo. 3. Tiempo u ocasión de hacer una cosa por turno u orden. 4. Vecera₁.
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 vez
- veces plural
- ves alternative nonstandard
- bes alternative nonstandard
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vez?
- /ˈbeθ/
- [ˈbeθ]
- /ˈbes/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vez in Spanish?
vez appears 1,096 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).