vago
Spanish, noun
vago is spelled V-A-G-O (4 letters) and appears 7.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 8,927th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vago is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “wanderer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of vagar. With an accent, vagó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of vagar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Suelo vacío”.
What does vago mean in English?
adjective
- 1
vague
- 2
lazy
noun
- 1
masculinewanderer
- 2
masculinevagabond, bum
- 3
masculineslacker
noun
- 1
masculinevagus nerve
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of vagar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of vagar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que no desea hacer tareas, ni actividad alguna. 2. Persona desocupada, generalmente que anda por el mal camino. 3. Persona que está al margen de la ley y se dedica al robo. 4. Vacío.
noun: 1. Suelo vacío.
adjective: 1. Errante, que viaja de un lado a otro sin detenerse. 2. Poco preciso o claro, sin concretar. 3. Nervio vago.
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 vago
- vaga feminine
- vagos masculine plural
- vagas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to vago
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vago in Spanish?
vago appears 7.4 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).