velazquez

1. 1.

   Spanish painter (1599-1660)

   SynonymsDiego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez

   Broaderold master

Other forms of velazquez

plural

velazquezes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about velazquez

What does velazquez mean?

velazquez means "Spanish painter (1599-1660)".

How many syllables are in velazquez?

velazquez has 3 syllables: ve-lazq-uez. The stress falls on "lazq". In IPA it is /vɛˈlæskɛz/.

What is another word for velazquez?

Close synonyms include Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is velazquez a common word?

velazquez is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.