# vaga
## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Deverbal from vagar (“to wander”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈba.ɣə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈva.ɣə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈva.ɣa]

#### Noun

vaga f (plural vagues)
* strike (cessation of work)

##### Derived terms

* en vaga
* vaga de fam
* vaga general
* vaga salvatge
* vaguista

#### Further reading

* “vaga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “vaga”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

vaga
* inflection of vagar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Galician
### Etymology 1

From Old French vague, from Old Norse vágr (“sea”), from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (“wave, storm”).

#### Noun

vaga f (plural vagas)
* wave (sea undulation)
    Synonym: onda
* swell (a long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased)
    Synonym: mareira

### Etymology 2

From Latin vagus.

#### Adjective

vaga f sg
* feminine singular of vago

#### Verb

vaga
* inflection of vagar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vaga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “vaga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vaga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “bogar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈva.ɡa/
* Rhymes: -aɡa
* Hyphenation: và‧ga

### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

vaga
* feminine singular of vago

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

vaga
* inflection of vagare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* vaga: (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈu̯a.ɡa/, [ˈu̯äɡä]
* vaga: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈva.ɡa/, [ˈväːɡä]
* vagā: (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈu̯a.ɡaː/, [ˈu̯äɡäː]
* vagā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈva.ɡa/, [ˈväːɡä]

### Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

vagā
* second-person singular present active imperative of vagō

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

vaga
* inflection of vagus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

#### Adjective

vagā
* ablative feminine singular of vagus

## Lithuanian
### Etymology

Cognate with Latvian vaga (“chunk of dirt”), Old Prussian wagnis (“ploughshare”).

### Noun

vagà f stress pattern 4
* furrow, groove, channel
* scooped chuck of earth
* watercourse (direction of flow)

#### Derived terms

* vagóti (“to plow, to burrow”)

### References

* “vaga”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
* “vaga”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025

## Maltese
### Alternative forms

* vvaka

### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vacare.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvaː.ɡa/

### Verb

vaga (imperfect jvaga)
* to become vacant

#### Related terms

* vagant (vakant)
* vaganti
* vaganza (vakanza)

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈva.ɡɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈva.ɡɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈva.ɡa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈva.ɡɐ/ [ˈva.ɣɐ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈva.ɡɐ/ [ˈva.ɣɐ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈba.ɡɐ/ [ˈba.ɣɐ]
* Rhymes: -aɡɐ
* Homophone: baga (Northern Portugal)
* Hyphenation: va‧ga

### Etymology 1

From Old French vague, from Old Norse vágr (“sea”), from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (“wave, storm”).

#### Noun

vaga f (plural vagas)
* (archaic, poetic) wave

### Etymology 2

Back-formation from vagar (“to vacate”).

#### Noun

vaga f (plural vagas)
* vacancy, opening
* parking space
* slot, spot
* place (as in a course or a job)

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

vaga
* feminine singular of vago

### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

vaga
* inflection of vagar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### References

* ↑ “vaga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* ↑ “vaga”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* ↑ “vaga”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

## Scanian
### Etymology

From Old Norse vaka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʋɑ̀ːɣa]

### Verb

vaga
* to be awake

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Waage.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋǎːɡa/
* Hyphenation: va‧ga

### Noun

vága f (Cyrillic spelling ва́га)
* balance, scales (device for weighing goods for sale)

#### Declension
## Slovene
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Waage.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋáːɡa/

### Noun

vȃga f
* balance, scales (device for weighing goods for sale)
    Synonym: tẹ̑htnica
* weight
    Synonym: tẹ́ža

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbaɡa/ [ˈba.ɣ̞a]
* Rhymes: -aɡa
* Syllabification: va‧ga

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

vaga f (plural vagas)
* female equivalent of vago

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

vaga
* feminine singular of vago

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

vaga
* inflection of vagar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Swedish
### Adjective

vaga
* inflection of vag:
** definite singular
** plural

## Uneapa
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *waga, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waŋka, possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baŋkaq.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /βaᵑɡa/

### Noun

vaga
* canoe

### Further reading

* Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 366
* Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.