vez

Meaning

1. (feminine) time; occasion
2. (feminine) move (chance to use something shared in sequence with others)
3. (feminine) turn; move (one’s chance to make a move in a game having two or more players)

Concepts

time

⌚

turn

occasion

go

spell

opportunity

play

row

run

sequence

times

tour

polyneuritis

clip

inlammation of the nerves

file

inning

line

multiplied by

Synonyms

turno

feita

cauda

chance

fiada

fila

fileira

forma

jogo

linha

ocasião

jogada

polinevrite

ala

neurite múltipla

cada

Translations

vez

⌚

fois

⌚

tour

volta

⌚

vegada

⌚

keer

⌚

beurt

torn

Mal

⌚

cop

σειρά

ocasió

φορά

volta

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈve(j)s/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: vicis

In summary

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

Sentences

Ouvi dizer que ele vai trabalhar desta vez .

I heard he's going to work this time.

Em vez das férias ?

Instead of the holidays?

Foi a segunda ou terceira vez que eles tentaram .

It was the second or third time they tried.

Mas tudo o que acontece duas vezes certamente acontecerá pela terceira vez .

But everything that happens twice will surely happen the third time.

Foi a terceira vez que meu tablet reiniciou .

It was the third time my tablet had restarted.

Eu leio poemas do Castro Alves de vez em quando .

I read poems by Castro Alves from time to time.