vacay
noun
a vacation.
vaca
-
a variation of
vacay.
Example Sentences
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The job of refining techniques of riding and roping — while modifying gear and apparel — largely fell to the resourceful vaqueros, from the Spanish word vaca for cow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026
I never loved the food — until I discovered ropa vieja and vaca frita.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2024
Most places I've lived in since leaving home have had some Cuban-American presence in their dining scene, showcasing beautiful renditions of the perhaps "more popular" Cuban dishes like vaca frita or ropa vieja.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2022
Over & over again the musicians rendered such popular ditties as The Cowbell Song: Tengo una vaca lechera No es una vaca cualquiera, Tolon, tolon, talon, tolon.
From Time Magazine Archive
The massaranduba is not the only species known as palo de vaca, or cow-tree.
From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Mayne Reid
