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)

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈve(j)s/

Etymology

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.

Bebê amando sua primeira vez no balanço .

Baby loving her first time on the swing.

Eu leio poemas do Castro Alves de vez em quando .

I read poems by Castro Alves from time to time.

Particularmente , meu cuscuz cortado eu gosto de comer bem , em vez de grelhado .

Particularly, my cut couscous I like to eat well instead of grilled.