vecino

See also: Vecino, veciño, and većino

Aragonese

Alternative forms

• vecín

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin vēcīnus, from Latin vīcīnus. Compare to Spanish vecino, Occitan vesin, French voisin, Catalan veí

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈθino/
• IPA^(key): /beˈsino/ (Benasquese)
• Syllabification: ve‧ci‧no
• Rhymes: -ino

Noun

vecino m

1. neighbour (a person living on adjacent or nearby land)
2. (especially in the plural) a resident or inhabitant of an area, especially of a neighborhood or a village
3. (historical) freeman, person of relatively high status associated with a place

Adjective

vecino (feminine vecina, masculine plural vecinos or vecins, feminine plural vecinas)

1. neighboring, adjacent

Derived terms

• avecindar

Related terms

• vecindario
• vecindato
• vecindau

Further reading

• “vecino”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
• Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• vezino (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin vēcīnus, from Latin vīcīnus. Compare to Portuguese vizinho, Aragonese vecín, Asturian vecín, Occitan vesin, French voisin, Catalan veí

Compare English vicinity.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈθino/ [beˈθi.no] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /beˈsino/ [beˈsi.no] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: ve‧ci‧no

Noun

vecino m (plural vecinos, feminine vecina, feminine plural vecinas)

1. neighbour (a person living on adjacent or nearby land)
2. (especially in the plural) a resident or inhabitant of an area, especially of a neighborhood or a village
3. (historical) freeman, person of relatively high status associated with a place

See also

• lugareño

Adjective

vecino (feminine vecina, masculine plural vecinos, feminine plural vecinas)

1. neighboring, adjacent

Derived terms

• avecinar
• avecindar

Related terms

• vecindad
• vecindario

Further reading

• “vecino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025