No. 1,700 in Catalan
veí
Neighbour.
In a sentence
El meu veí em va ajudar a moure els mobles ahir.
My neighbor helped me move the furniture yesterday.
The word 'veí' is used here to denote 'neighbor,' indicating a person living nearby in the community.
Aquests pisos estan destinats als veïns del barri.
These apartments are intended for the residents of the neighborhood.
Here, 'veïns' refers to 'residents,' pointing to individuals who belong to a shared living area, as part of a collective.
Aquestes cases veïnes estan construïdes des del segle passat.
These neighboring houses have been built since the last century.
In this context, 'veïnes' is used as 'neighboring' in an adjectival form to describe proximity between objects, specifically houses.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “veí” in actual Catalan podcasts.
Find “veí” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Catalan podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Catalan books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).