vía

From Old Galician-Portuguese via, from Latin via.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbiɐ]

vía f (plural vías)

1. road, way, path

   Synonyms: camiño, ruta

2. track, rail (of a train)
3. windrow

   Synonym: renque

4. layer

   Synonym: capa

• Vía Láctea

vía

1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of ver

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “via”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “vía”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vía”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “vía”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vía”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

vía

1. (of flies) to lay eggs

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Inherited from Latin via.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbia/ [ˈbi.a]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: ví‧a

vía f (plural vías)

1. way, means

   Era su única vía de escape.

   It was their only way of escape.

2. (figuratively) avenue, way, path

   Quiero considerar cada posible vía antes de tomar una decisión.

   I want to consider every possible avenue before making a decision.

3. road

   Synonym: camino

4. track, railroad track

   Mi hijo cruzaba las vías por el paso para peatones, pero por la poca iluminación y el ruido, no vio el tren.

   My son was crossing the tracks at the pedestrian crossing, but due to the poor lighting and noise he did not see the train.

5. method
6. leak
7. (anatomy, medicine, neurology) pathway

vía

1. via

• Prepositional usage is fairly recent in Spanish. It is more conventional to use por for this purpose.

• “vía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Unknown. Compare Proto-Vietic *r-vaːjʔ (“soul; spirit”) (> Muong wãi), which is from Proto-Mon-Khmer *rwaaj (“tiger > soul; spirit”).

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [viə˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [viə˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [viə˦˥] ~ [jiə˦˥]

• Audio (Hà Nội):

  (file)

vía • (𡳺, 𩏳, 𩴅)

1. (folklore, religion) po (the soul which does not leave the body after death)

   Antonym: hồn

2. (figurative) mind, spirit

   Gì mà hồn vía trên mây vậy?

   Is your mind wandering somewhere?

3. (folklore, religion) an object made of paper that is worn on the body or burned to avoid disasters and illnesses

   đeo vía ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   đốt vía ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• vía; phách; linh

vía • (𡳺, 𩏳, 𩴅)

1. of or relating to Chinese po