# vagar
## Aragonese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin vacāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈɡa(ɾ)/
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
* Syllabification: va‧gar

### Verb

vagar
* to have time to do something.
* to roam, to wander

## Asturian
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin vacāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈɡaɾ/ [baˈɣ̞aɾ]

### Verb

vagar (first-person singular indicative present vago, past participle vagáu)
* to have time (to do something)
    Nun me vaga dir pa UviéuI don't have time to go to Oviedo
* to become longer (the expected time), to take time (for something to happen)
    Va vagate diquiá a que venganYou are going to wait a long time from now until they come
    Va vagarIt's going to take a long time
    Ha vagarIt's going to take a long time for that to happen
* to deserve (what happens to a person)
    Nun quixo trayer la chaqueta y agora vága-y pasar fríuHe didn't want to bring the jacket and now he deserves to be cold

### Noun

vagar m (uncountable)
* free time
    Synonyms: fuelga, tarda, vacantín, avagu

#### Derived terms

* vagarosu

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [bəˈɣa]
* IPA: (Balearic) [vəˈɣa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [vaˈɣaɾ]

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin vagārī.

#### Verb

vagar (first-person singular present vago, first-person singular preterite vaguí, past participle vagat)
* (intransitive) to roam, to wander
    Synonyms: vagarejar, banderejar

##### Derived terms

* vagant
* vagarejar
* vagarívol
* vagarós

##### Related terms

* vagabund

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin vacāre. Doublet of vacar.

#### Verb

vagar (first-person singular present vago, first-person singular preterite vaguí, past participle vagat)(intransitive)
* to idle, to loiter
* to be vacant
    Synonym: vacar

##### Derived terms

* vaga
* vagant

##### Related terms

* evagació

### Further reading

* “vagar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

## Galician
### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese vagar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin vacō, vacāre.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [baˈɣaɾ]
* Hyphenation: va‧gar

#### Verb

vagar (first-person singular present vago, first-person singular preterite vaguei, past participle vagado)
* (archaic) to be vacant or void

##### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Noun

vagar m (plural vagares)
* time; occasion, opportunity
    Synonyms: ocasión, tempo
    Cando teñas vagar bótalle unha ollada ― Whenever you have time take a look at this
** 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:Afonso: Pond'a messa, Cathaliña. Christobo: Sacad'essa bota, Irena. Alberte: Sacà, Marta, esse pernil. Cathaliña: Homes tende pouca pressa, que para todo ay bagar.Afonso: "Set the table, Cathaliña." Christobo: "Bring out that wineskin, Irena." Alberte: "Bring out, Marta, that ham." Cathaliña: "Men, be in little hurry, there is a time for everything."
* rest, delay, idleness, free time
    Synonym: lecer
* calmness, slowness
    Synonym: cachaza

##### Derived terms

* devagar
* devagariño

##### Related terms

* vougo

### Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin vagor, vagārī.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [baˈɣaɾ]
* Hyphenation: va‧gar

#### Verb

vagar (first-person singular present vago, first-person singular preterite vaguei, past participle vagado)
* to wander, roam

##### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

##### Related terms

* vagabundo

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “vagar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “vagar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vagar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “vagar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “vagar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “vagar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vagar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Macanese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese vagar, with influence from Portuguese devagar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vaˈɡaɾ/, /vaˈɡa/

### Adverb

vagar (augmentative vagar-vagar)
* slowly, leisurely
    Antonyms: azinha, péssa
    vagar subí ― to go up slowly
    Vagar-vagar andâ! ― Walk very slowly!

### Noun

vagar
* time, free time
    Synonym: tempo
    Iou nôm têm vagar ― I don't have time
    Si têm vagar lôgo vêm ― If I have time I'll come

### References

* https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#v

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vaˈɡa/
* Hyphenation: va‧gar

### Verb

vagar
* to wander
* (nautical) to drift, go adrift

#### Conjugation
## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /vaˈɡa(ʁ)/ [vaˈɡa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /vaˈɡa(ʁ)/ [vaˈɡa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /vaˈɡa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /vaˈɡa(ʁ)/ [vaˈɡa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /vaˈɡa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /vɐˈɡaɾ/ [vɐˈɣaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /vɐˈɡaɾ/ [vɐˈɣaɾ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /bɐˈɡaɾ/ [bɐˈɣaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /vɐˈɡa.ɾi/ [vɐˈɣa.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: va‧gar

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese vagar, from Latin vagārī.

#### Noun

vagar m (plural vagares)
* time; occasion, opportunity
* calmness, slowness

#### Verb

vagar (first-person singular present vago, first-person singular preterite vaguei, past participle vagado)
* to wander

##### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

vagar (first-person singular present vago, first-person singular preterite vaguei, past participle vagado)
* Alternative form of vacar

##### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈɡaɾ/ [baˈɣ̞aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: va‧gar

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin vacāre.

#### Verb

vagar (first-person singular present vago, first-person singular preterite vagué, past participle vagado)
* to idle

##### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

##### Related terms

* vago

### Etymology 2

From Latin vagārī.

#### Verb

vagar (first-person singular present vago, first-person singular preterite vagué, past participle vagado)
* to roam, to wander
    Synonym: divagar

##### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

##### Related terms

* divagar
* vagabundo
* vago

### Further reading

* “vagar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10