vaca
Portuguese, noun/ˈva.kɐ/
vaca is spelled V-A-C-A (4 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,625th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vaca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a cow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of vacar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “feminino de boi”.
What does vaca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea cow
- 2
femininebeef (meat)
- 3
feminineoffensivea promiscuous woman; a bitch
- 4
feminineoffensivea bitch (a disagreeable woman)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. feminino de boi 2. fêmea do touro 3. carne do gado vacum 4. o mesmo que vaquinha
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of vaca
- vacas plural
- vacca alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vaca?
- Brazil /ˈva.kɐ/
- Portugal /ˈva.kɐ/
- Portugal /ˈba.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vaca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vaca in Portuguese?
vaca appears 18 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).