vacina

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin vaccina < vaccinus. Meaning comes from New or Scientific Latin (variola) vaccina (“cowpox”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (standard) /baˈθina/ [baˈθi.nɐ]
IPA^(key): (seseo) /baˈsina/ [baˈsi.nɐ]

Rhymes: -ina
Hyphenation: va‧ci‧na

Noun

vacina f (plural vacinas)

vaccine

Further reading

“vacina”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
“vacina” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /vaˈsĩ.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /vaˈsi.na/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈsi.nɐ/, /vaˈsi.nɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈsi.nɐ/, /baˈsi.nɐ/

Hyphenation: va‧ci‧na

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin vaccīna. Meaning comes from New or Scientific Latin (variola) vaccina (“cowpox”).

Noun

vacina f (plural vacinas)

vaccine
Synonym: (Portugal, childish) pica

Derived terms

vacinal
vacinar

Related terms

vaca

Descendants

→ Konkani: वासीन (vāsīn)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vacina

inflection of vacinar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative