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

Inherited from Old Leonese vez, from Latin vicis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeθ/ [ˈbeθ]
• Rhymes: -eθ
• Syllabification: vez

Noun

vez f (plural veces)

1. (countable) time (instance or occurrence)

   Synonym: vegada

   Dígotelo per vez postrera.

   I'll tell you for the last time.

2. appointment

   Tengo vez col mélicu'l vienres.

   I have an appointment with the doctor on Friday.

3. turn

   Synonym: turnu

   Ties vez depués que yo.

   Your turn is after mine.

Usage notes

In the senses of 'turn' and 'appointment', the word is used without an article. In the sense of 'time' it may be used with and without article.

Derived terms

• a la vez
• a les veces
• a veces
• d'una vez
• de cuando en vez
• de veces
• de vez en cuando
• de vez en vez
• ello foi una vez
• ello yera una vez
• en veces
• en vez de
• pasar por vez
• vezona (augmentative)

References

• “vez”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
• García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “vez”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

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

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “vez”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “vez”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (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)

Further reading

• “vez”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “vez”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Serbo-Croatian

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), 2006–2026

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited 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), 2014–2026

Spanish

Alternative forms

• ves, bes (both nonstandard)

Etymology

From Latin vicis (“change, alternation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeθ/ [ˈbeθ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈbes/ [ˈbes] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eθ (Equatorial Guinea, 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
• 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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Talysh

Etymology

Probably related to Persian بازو.

Noun

vez

1. little stick