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"Vaca" is a form of "vaca", a noun which is often translated as "cow". "Res" is a form of "res", a noun which is often translated as "livestock". Learn more about the difference between "vaca" and "res" below.
la vaca(
bah
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kah
)A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
1. (animal)
2. (culinary)
3. (material)
a. cowhide
Tiró toda su ropa de vaca cuando se hizo vegetariana.She threw out all her cowhide clothes when she became a vegetarian.
la res(
rrehs
)A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
1. (animal)
a. livestock (uncountable)
Criamos una variedad de reses aquí en nuestra granja.We raise a variety of livestock here on our farm.
b. beast
Vamos al bosque a cazar reses. A lo mejor consiga un jabalí.We're going to the woods to hunt some beasts. Maybe I'll get a boar.
2. (culinary) (Latin America)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
las reses
A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
a. cattle
Los ganaderos locales traen a sus reses a pastar a este campo.Local ranchers bring their cattle to this field to graze.
