vago
See also: vágó, vagó, vagò, and vago-
French
Alternative forms
- gova f (verlan)
Etymology
From Romani vardo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va.ɡo/
Noun
vago f (plural vagos)
- (slang) automobile, whip
Galician
Verb
vago
- 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)
- (literary or poetic) wandering, moving
- Synonyms: errabondo, errante, erratico, mobile, nomade, (literary) ramingo, vagabondo, (literary) vagante, (literary) vagolante
- Antonyms: fermo, fisso, immobile, stabile, statico
- vague
- Synonyms: approssimativo, impreciso, incerto, indefinito, indeterminato, indistinto
- Antonyms: certo, chiaro, circostanziato, definito, delineato, determinato, distinto, evidente, netto, preciso, specifico
- (literary) eager, desirous
- Synonyms: desideroso, voglioso
- Antonyms: indifferente, noncurante
- (literary) beautiful, lovely, pleasant
- Synonyms: avvenente, bello, delicato, grazioso, leggiadro, (literary) venusto
- Antonym: brutto
- (anatomy) vagal
- Synonym: vagale
Related terms
- vagamente
- vagare
- vaghezza
Noun
vago m (plural vaghi)
- (literary or archaic) lover
- ambiguity
- (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)
- grain (particle of a substance)
- Synonyms: chicco, granello
- coffee bean
- grape
- Synonym: acino d'uva
- bead (of a rosary)
- Synonym: grano
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
vago
- 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
- furrow
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯a.ɡoː/, [ˈu̯äɡoː]
- (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
- I 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
- 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
- furrow
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈva.ɡu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈva.ɡo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈva.ɡu/ [ˈva.ɣu]
- Rhymes: -aɡu
- Hyphenation: va‧go
Etymology 1
From Latin vagus (“wandering; vague”).
Adjective
vago (feminine vaga, masculine plural vagos, feminine plural vagas)
- vague (not clearly expressed)
- vague (not having a precise meaning)
- vague; indistinct
Noun
vago m (plural vagos)
- the vagus nerve
- Synonym: nervo vago
Related terms
- vagar
- vaguear
- vaguidão
Etymology 2
From Latin vacuus (“vacant”), from vacō (“to empty”).
Adjective
vago (feminine vaga, masculine plural vagos, feminine plural vagas)
- 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
- 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)
- vague
- lazy
Etymology 2
From Latin vagus (“wandering, errant”).
Noun
vago m (plural vagos, feminine vaga, feminine plural vagas)
- wanderer
- vagabond, bum
- Synonym: vagabundo
- slacker
- 2022 February 16, Begoña Gómez Urzaiz, “Por qué algunos medios conservadores demonizan al ‘vago de Netflix’”, in El País:
- 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.
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Noun
vago m (plural vagos)
- (anatomy) vagus nerve
- Synonym: nervio vago
Related terms
- vagar
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
vago
- first-person singular present indicative of vagar
Further reading
- “vago”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *vako, borrowed from Baltic. Cognates include Finnish vako.
Noun
vago
- 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 [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika