vadio
Portuguese, noun/vaˈd͡ʒi.u/
vadio is spelled V-A-D-I-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 40,952nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vadio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “layabout (lazy person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of vadiar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “quem é vadio (adjetivo, vide definições acima)”.
What does vadio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelayabout (lazy person)
- 2
masculinebum (homeless person)
adjective
- 1
vagrant, homeless
- 2
feral (animal)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of vadiar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sem ocupação ou trabalho 2. sem destino certo 3. diz-se de quem pouco se empenha em alguma atividade (estudo, trabalho, etc)
noun: 1. quem é vadio (adjetivo, vide definições acima) 2. aquele que pratica a vadiagem 3. aquele que sai muito
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of vadio
- vadios plural
- vadia feminine
- vadias feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vadio?
- Brazil /vaˈd͡ʒi.u/
- Brazil /vaˈd͡ʒiw/
- Brazil [vaˈd͡ʒiʊ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vadio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vadio in Portuguese?
vadio appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).