vagante
Portuguese, noun/vaˈɡɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
vagante is spelled V-A-G-A-N-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written Portuguese, the 176,436th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vagante is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “wanderer (one who wanders)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tempo durante o qual uma função administrativa, fica sem executor”.
What does vagante mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinewanderer (one who wanders)
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinewho wanders
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que anda errante 2. que não quer trabalhar
noun: 1. tempo durante o qual uma função administrativa, fica sem executor
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 vagante
- vagantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vagante?
- Brazil /vaˈɡɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /vɐˈɡɐ̃.tɨ/
- Portugal [vɐˈɣɐ̃.tɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vagante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vagante in Portuguese?
vagante appears about once in every 38 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).