vacuna

vacuna

See also: vacuná

Asturian

Noun

vacuna f (plural vacunes)

1. vaccine (substance that stimulates production of antibodies)

Derived terms

• vacunar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vacuna

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

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vacuna.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /vəˈku.nə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /bəˈku.nə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /vaˈku.na/

Noun

vacuna f (plural vacunes)

1. vaccine

Derived terms

• vacunar

Further reading

• “vacuna” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈkuna/ [baˈku.na]
• Rhymes: -una
• Syllabification: va‧cu‧na

Etymology 1

From vacuno (“bovine”).

Noun

vacuna f (plural vacunas)

1. vaccine

Derived terms

• vacunal
• vacunar

Descendants

• → Catalan: vacuna
• → Tagalog: bakuna

Adjective

vacuna

1. feminine singular of vacuno

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vacuna

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

Further reading

• “vacuno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014