vez

Etymology

From Latin vicis.

Noun

vez f (plural veces)

1. (countable) time (instance or occurrence)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛs/
• Homophone: ves
• Rhymes: -ɛs

Verb

vez

1. second-person singular imperative of vézt

Etymology

From Latin vicis (“change, alternation”).

Noun

vez f (plural veces)

1. time
2. occasion, instance

Alternative forms

• ves

Etymology

From Latin vicis (“change, alternation”).

Noun

vez f (Latin spelling, plural vezes)

1. time (once, twice, etc.)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese vez (displacing vegada), from Latin vicis (“change, alternation”), from Proto-Indo-European *weik-, *weig- (“to wind, bend”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈve(j)s/, /ˈve(j)ʃ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈveʃ/

Noun

vez f (plural vezes)

1. time; occasion

   Ver-te-ei outra vez.

   I’ll see you another time.

   Vencemos quatro vezes seguidas.

   We won four times in a row.

2. move (chance to use something shared in sequence with others)
3. (games) turn; move (one’s chance to make a move in a game having two or more players)

Etymology

From vézati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋêːz/

Noun

vȇz m (Cyrillic spelling ве̑з)

1. (sewing) binding
2. knot
3. embroidery
4. needlework

References

• “vez” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋéːs/
• Tonal orthography: vẹ̑z

Noun

véz f (genitive vezí, nominative plural vezí)

1. tie, binding, tether
2. (anatomy) ligament

Etymology

From Latin vicis (“change, alternation”).

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /ˈbeθ/
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /ˈbes/
• Homophones: bes, ves (non-Castilian)

Noun

vez f (plural veces)

1. time, instance

   una vez

   once

   algunas veces

   sometimes

   Lo hizo dos veces.

   He did it twice.

   cada vez que te veo

   every time that I see you

2. place (in a queue)

Further reading

• “vez” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.