vez

From Latin vicis (“change, alternation”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeθ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbes/ (Benasquese)
• Syllabification: vez
• Rhymes: -eθ

vez f

1. time, instance

   Synonym: vegada

   una vez ― once

   a veces ― sometimes

   El fayó dos veces. ― He did it twice.

   cada vez que te veigo ― every time that I see you

• Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA)

From Latin vicis.

vez f (plural veces)

1. (countable) time (instance or occurrence)

• vegada

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛs]
• Homophone: ves
• Rhymes: -ɛs

vez

1. second-person singular imperative of vézt

From Old Galician-Portuguese vez (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin vicis (“change, alternation”).

• Hyphenation: vez

vez f (plural veces)

1. (countable) time

   Non viches a vez que un xovenco perdeu a súa nai e deu moitos berros?

   Didn't you see the time a calf lost his mother, and screamed a lot?

2. occasion, instance
3. turn

   Synonyms: quenda, vegada

4. appointment

• á vez
• de vez
• tal vez

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

• ves

From Latin vicis (“change, alternation”).

• IPA^(key): /vez/, [vɛs]

vez f (Hebrew spelling ב׳יז, plural vezes)

1. time (once, twice, etc.)

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

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -es, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -eʃ, (Brazil) -ejs, (Rio de Janeiro) -ejʃ
• Homophones: vês, bês (Porto)
• Hyphenation: vez

vez f (plural vezes)

1. time; occasion

   Synonyms: momento, ocasião

   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)

   Synonym: turno

3. (games) turn; move (one’s chance to make a move in a game having two or more players)

   Synonym: jogada

For quotations using this term, see Citations:vez.

Deverbal from vézati.

• IPA^(key): /ʋêːz/

vȇz m inan (Cyrillic spelling ве̑з)

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

• vézati
• sávez

• “vez”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

From Proto-Slavic *vęzь. Cognate with Polish więź.

• IPA^(key): /ʋéːs/

vẹ̑z f

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

• “vez”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

From Latin vicis (“change, alternation”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeθ/ [ˈbeθ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈbes/ [ˈbes] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eθ (Spain)
• Rhymes: -es (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: vez
• Homophones: bes, (Latin America) ves

vez f (plural veces)

1. time, instance

   una vez ― once

   a veces ― sometimes

   Lo hizo dos veces. ― He did it twice.

   cada vez que te veo ― every time that I see you

2. (Spain) place (in a queue)
3. (Spain) turn (a chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others)

   Synonym: turno

4. (in the plural) place, stead

   hacer las veces de ― to serve as

• “vez”, 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