vez

See also: vež, věž, věz, vəz, вез, and веж

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin vicis (“change, alternation”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Further reading

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

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin vicis.

Noun

vez f (plural veces)

1. (countable) time (instance or occurrence)

Synonyms

• vegada

Czech

Pronunciation

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

Verb

vez

1. second-person singular imperative of vézt

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeθ/ [ˈbeθ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈbeθ/ [ˈbeθ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /ˈbes/ [ˈbes]

 

• Rhymes: -eθ

• Rhymes: -eθ
• Rhymes: -es

• Hyphenation: vez

Noun

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

Derived terms

• á vez
• de vez
• tal vez

References

• 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

Ladino

Alternative forms

• ves

Etymology

From Latin vicis (“change, alternation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vez/, [vɛs]

Noun

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

1. time (once, twice, etc.)

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈve(j)s/ [ˈve(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈve(j)s/ [ˈve(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈve(j)ʃ/ [ˈve(ɪ̯)ʃ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈveʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈveʃ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbeʃ/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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

Noun

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

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:vez.

Derived terms

• às vezes
• de uma vez
• de uma vez por todas
• de vez
• de vez em quando
• em vez de
• era uma vez
• outra vez
• pensar duas vezes
• revezar
• talvez
• ter vez
• uma vez
• uma vez que
• vezes
• vezinha (diminutive)

Serbo-Croatian

Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:

vez

Wikipedia ^sh

Etymology

Deverbal from vézati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋêːz/

Noun

vȇz m inan (Cyrillic spelling ве̑з)

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

Declension

Declension of vez

	singular	plural
nominative	vȇz	vézovi
genitive	veza	vezova
dative	vezu	vezovima
accusative	vez	vezove
vocative	vezu	vezovi
locative	vezu	vezovima
instrumental	vezom	vezovima

Related terms

• vézati
• sávez

References

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

Slovene

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:

vez

Wikipedia ^sl

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋéːs/

Noun

vẹ̑z f

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

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, i-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing.	véz
gen. sing.	vezí
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	véz	vezí	vezí
genitive (rodȋlnik)	vezí	vezí	vezí
dative (dajȃlnik)	vézi	vezéma	vezém
accusative (tožȋlnik)	véz	vezí	vezí
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	vézi	vezéh	vezéh
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	vezjó	vezéma	vezmí

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin vicis (“change, alternation”).

Pronunciation

• 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

Noun

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

Derived terms

• a la vez
• a su vez
• alguna vez
• algunas veces
• año y vez
• cada vez
• cada vez más
• cada vez que
• de una vez
• de una vez para siempre
• de una vez por todas
• de vez en cuando (“from time to time”)
• en vez de
• érase una vez
• había una vez
• media vez
• otra vez
• pensar dos veces
• por una vez
• por vez
• primera vez
• rara vez
• tal cual vez
• tal vez
• tal y tal vez
• una que otra vez
• una vez más
• una vez que
• una vez que otra
• una y otra vez

Further reading

• “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