# vago
## Catalan
### Verb

vago
* first-person singular present indicative of vagar

## French
### Alternative forms

* gova f (Verlan)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Romani vardo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /va.ɡo/

### Noun

vago f (plural vagos)
* (slang) automobile, whip

## Galician
### Verb

vago
* first-person singular present indicative of vagar

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

* vago$^1$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
* vago$^2$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
* vago$^3$ 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 Latin) IPA: /ˈu̯a.ɡoː/, [ˈu̯äɡoː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈva.ɡo/, [ˈväːɡo]

### Etymology 1

From vagus (“wandering, roving”).

#### Verb

vagō (present infinitive vagāre, perfect active vagāvī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
* to wander
    Synonym: vagor

##### Conjugation
### 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: /ˈva.ɡu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈva.ɡu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈva.ɡo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈva.ɡu/ [ˈva.ɣu]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈva.ɡu/ [ˈva.ɣu]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /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)
* 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”). Doublet of vácuo.

#### 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: /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
    Synonym: impreciso
* lazy
    Synonyms: holgazán, haragán, perezoso

### 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.

#### 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Veps
### Etymology

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

### Noun

vago
* furrow

#### Inflection
### References

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