vagar
Spanish, verb/baˈɡaɾ/
vagar is spelled V-A-G-A-R (5 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 31,673rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vagar is a Spanish verb meaning “to idle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tener tiempo y lugar suficiente o necesario para hacer una cosa”.
What does vagar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to idle
verb
- 1
to roam, to wander
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tener tiempo y lugar suficiente o necesario para hacer una cosa. 2. Estar ocioso, sin oficio ni beneficio.
verb: 1. Andar por varias partes sin determinación a sitio o lugar, o simplemente sin detención en ninguno. 2. Andar libre o suelta una cosa.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of vagar
- vago first-person present singular
- vagué first-person preterite singular
- vagado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- vagando gerund
- vagada feminine participle past
- vagados masculine participle past
- vagadas feminine participle past
- vagas indicative informal present
- vagás indicative informal present
- vaga indicative present singular
- vagamos first-person indicative plural
- vagáis indicative plural present
- vagan indicative plural present
- vagaba first-person imperfect indicative
- vagabas imperfect indicative second-person
- vagábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- vagabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vagar?
- /baˈɡaɾ/
- [baˈɣ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vagar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vagar in Spanish?
vagar appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).