vago

See also: vágó, vagó, vagò, and vago-

Catalan

Verb

vago

1. first-person singular present indicative of vagar

French

Alternative forms

• gova f (Verlan)

Etymology

Borrowed from Romani vardo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.ɡo/

Noun

vago f (plural vagos)

1. (slang) automobile, whip

Galician

Verb

vago

1. first-person singular present indicative of vagar

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin vagus.

Adjective

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

Related terms

• vagamente
• vagare
• vaghezza

 

Noun

vago m (plural vaghi)

1. (literary or archaic) lover
2. ambiguity
3. (anatomy) vagus, vagus nerve

   Synonym: nervo vago

Etymology 2

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

Noun

vago m (plural vaghi) (Rome)

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vago

1. first-person singular present indicative of vagare

Further reading

• 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

• voga

Karelian

Etymology

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

Noun

vago

1. furrow

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯a.ɡoː/, [ˈu̯äɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ɡo/, [ˈväːɡo]

Etymology 1

From vagus (“wandering, roving”).

Verb

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

1. to wander

   Synonym: vagor

Conjugation

Conjugation of vagō (first conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		vagāre	vagāvisse	—	—	—	—
participles		vagāns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		vagandī	vagandō	vagandum	vagandō	—	—

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

vagō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of vagus

References

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

Ludian

Etymology

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

Noun

vago

1. furrow

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (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

From Latin vagus (“wandering; vague”).

Adjective

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

vago m (plural vagos)

1. the vagus nerve

   Synonym: nervo vago

Related terms

• vagar
• vaguear
• vaguidão

 

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

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

1. vacant (not occupied)

   Synonyms: desocupado, disponível, vazio

   Antonym: ocupado

Related terms

• vacuidade
• vacuidão
• vacuísmo
• vacuísta
• vácuo
• vacúolo
• vacuômetro

 

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vago

1. first-person singular present indicative of vagar

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Latin vacuus (“empty”).

Adjective

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

1. vague

   Synonym: impreciso

2. lazy

   Synonyms: holgazán, haragán, perezoso

Etymology 2

From Latin vagus (“wandering, errant”).

Noun

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

vago m (plural vagos)

1. (anatomy) vagus nerve

   Synonym: nervio vago

Related terms

• vagar

 

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vago

1. first-person singular present indicative of vagar

Further reading

• “vago”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

Veps

Etymology

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

Noun

vago

1. furrow

Inflection

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

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