Vago - Wiktionary

See also: vágó, vagó, vagò, and vago-

Catalan

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Verb

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vago

  1. first-person singular present indicative of vagar

French

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Alternative forms

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  • gova f (Verlan)

Etymology

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Borrowed from Romani vardo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /va.ɡo/
  • Audio (France (Somain)):(file)

Noun

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vago f (plural vagos)

  1. (slang) automobile, whip

Galician

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Verb

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vago

  1. first-person singular present indicative of vagar

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈva.ɡo/
  • Rhymes: -aɡo
  • Hyphenation: và‧go

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin vagus.

Adjective

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vago (feminine vaga, masculine plural vaghi, feminine plural vaghe, superlative vaghissimo)

  1. (literary or poetic) wandering, moving Synonyms: errabondo, errante, erratico, mobile, nomade, (literary) ramingo, vagabondo, (literary) vagante, (literary) vagolante Antonyms: fermo, fisso, immobile, stabile, statico
  2. vague Synonyms: approssimativo, impreciso, incerto, indefinito, indeterminato, indistinto Antonyms: certo, chiaro, circostanziato, definito, delineato, determinato, distinto, evidente, netto, preciso, specifico
  3. (literary) eager, desirous Synonyms: desideroso, voglioso Antonyms: indifferente, noncurante
  4. (literary) beautiful, lovely, pleasant Synonyms: avvenente, bello, delicato, grazioso, leggiadro, (literary) venusto Antonym: brutto
  5. (anatomy) vagal Synonym: vagale
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  • vagamente
  • vagare
  • vaghezza

Noun

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vago m (plural vaghi)

  1. (literary or archaic) lover
  2. ambiguity
  3. (anatomy) vagus, vagus nerve Synonym: nervo vago

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Latin bāca (berry, fruit), with a change in gender.

Noun

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vago m (plural vaghi) (Romanesco)

  1. grain (particle of a substance) Synonyms: chicco, granello
  2. coffee bean
  3. grape Synonym: acino d'uva
  4. bead (of a rosary) Synonym: grano

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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vago

  1. first-person singular present indicative of vagare

Further reading

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  • vago1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • vago2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • vago3 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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  • voga

Karelian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *vako, borrowed from Baltic. Related to Finnish vako.

Noun

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vago

  1. furrow

Latin

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Pronunciation

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  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwa.ɡoː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvaː.ɡo]

Etymology 1

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From vagus (wandering, roving).

Verb

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vagō (present infinitive vagāre, perfect active vagāvī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to wander Synonym: vagor
Conjugation
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indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vagō vagās vagat vagāmus vagātis vagant
imperfect vagābam vagābās vagābat vagābāmus vagābātis vagābant
future vagābō vagābis vagābit vagābimus vagābitis vagābunt
perfect vagāvī vagāvistī vagāvit vagāvimus vagāvistis vagāvērunt, vagāvēre
pluperfect vagāveram vagāverās vagāverat vagāverāmus vagāverātis vagāverant
future perfect vagāverō vagāveris vagāverit vagāverimus vagāveritis vagāverint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vagem vagēs vaget vagēmus vagētis vagent
imperfect vagārem vagārēs vagāret vagārēmus vagārētis vagārent
perfect vagāverim vagāverīs vagāverit vagāverīmus vagāverītis vagāverint
pluperfect vagāvissem vagāvissēs vagāvisset vagāvissēmus vagāvissētis vagāvissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vagā vagāte
future vagātō vagātō vagātōte vagantō
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present vagāre vagāns
perfect vagāvisse
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
vagandī vagandō vagandum vagandō

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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vagō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of vagus

References

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  • vago”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Ludian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *vako, borrowed from Baltic. Cognates include Finnish vako.

Noun

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vago

  1. furrow

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈva.ɡu/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈva.ɡu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈva.ɡo/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈva.ɡu/ [ˈva.ɣu]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈva.ɡu/ [ˈva.ɣu]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈba.ɡu/ [ˈba.ɣu]
  • Rhymes: -aɡu
  • Hyphenation: va‧go

Etymology 1

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From Latin vagus (wandering; vague).

Adjective

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vago (feminine vaga, masculine plural vagos, feminine plural vagas)

  1. vague (not clearly expressed)
  2. vague (not having a precise meaning)
  3. vague; indistinct

Noun

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vago m (plural vagos)

  1. the vagus nerve Synonym: nervo vago
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  • vagar
  • vaguear
  • vaguidão

Etymology 2

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From Latin vacuus (vacant), from vacō (to empty). Doublet of vácuo.

Adjective

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vago (feminine vaga, masculine plural vagos, feminine plural vagas)

  1. vacant (not occupied) Synonyms: desocupado, disponível, vazio Antonym: ocupado
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  • vacuidade
  • vacuidão
  • vacuísmo
  • vacuísta
  • vácuo
  • vacúolo
  • vacuômetro

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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vago

  1. first-person singular present indicative of vagar

Further reading

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  • “vago”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
  • “vago”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbaɡo/ [ˈba.ɣ̞o]
  • Rhymes: -aɡo
  • Syllabification: va‧go

Etymology 1

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From Latin vacuus (empty).

Adjective

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vago (feminine vaga, masculine plural vagos, feminine plural vagas)

  1. vague Synonym: impreciso
  2. lazy Synonyms: holgazán, haragán, perezoso

Etymology 2

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From Latin vagus (wandering, errant).

Noun

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vago m (plural vagos, feminine vaga, feminine plural vagas)

  1. wanderer
  2. vagabond, bum Synonym: vagabundo
  3. slacker
    • 2022 February 16, Begoña Gómez Urzaiz, “Por qué algunos medios conservadores demonizan al ‘vago de Netflix’”, in El País‎[1]:Esa figura, el vago de Netflix, tiene claros antecedentes mediáticos. Uno de ellos es la welfare queen.The role of Netflix slacker has clear media antecedents. One of them is the welfare queen.

Noun

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vago m (plural vagos)

  1. (anatomy) vagus nerve Synonym: nervio vago
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  • vagar

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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vago

  1. first-person singular present indicative of vagar

Further reading

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  • “vago”, 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

Veps

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *vako, borrowed from Baltic. Cognates include Finnish vako.

Noun

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vago

  1. furrow

Inflection

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Inflection of vago (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing. vago
genitive sing. vagon
partitive sing. vagod
partitive plur. vagoid
singular plural
nominative vago vagod
accusative vagon vagod
genitive vagon vagoiden
partitive vagod vagoid
essive-instructive vagon vagoin
translative vagoks vagoikš
inessive vagos vagoiš
elative vagospäi vagoišpäi
illative vagoho vagoihe
adessive vagol vagoil
ablative vagolpäi vagoilpäi
allative vagole vagoile
abessive vagota vagoita
comitative vagonke vagoidenke
prolative vagodme vagoidme
approximative I vagonno vagoidenno
approximative II vagonnoks vagoidennoks
egressive vagonnopäi vagoidennopäi
terminative I vagohosai vagoihesai
terminative II vagolesai vagoilesai
terminative III vagossai
additive I vagohopäi vagoihepäi
additive II vagolepäi vagoilepäi

References

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  • Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “борозда”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

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