vecino
See also: Vecino, veciño, and većino
Spanish
Alternative forms
- vezino (obsolete)
Etymology
Inherited from Latin vīcīnus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /beˈθino/ [beˈθi.no]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /beˈsino/ [beˈsi.no]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -ino
- Syllabification: ve‧ci‧no
Noun
vecino m (plural vecinos, feminine vecina, feminine plural vecinas)
- neighbour (a person living on adjacent or nearby land)
- (especially in the plural) a resident or inhabitant of an area, especially of a neighborhood or a village
- (historical) freeman, person of relatively high status associated with a place
See also
- lugareño
Adjective
vecino (feminine vecina, masculine plural vecinos, feminine plural vecinas)
- neighboring, adjacent
Derived terms
- avecinar
- avecindar
Related terms
- vecindad
- vecindario
Further reading
- “vecino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014