vago
Portuguese, noun/ˈva.ɡu/
vago is spelled V-A-G-O (4 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,678th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vago is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “the vagus nerve” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of vagar.
What does vago mean in English?
adjective
- 1
vague (not clearly expressed)
- 2
vague (not having a precise meaning)
- 3
vague; indistinct
noun
- 1
masculinethe vagus nerve
adjective
- 1
vacant (not occupied)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of vagar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sem um sentido bem definido 2. (vaga, lugar, cadeira) desocupado
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 vago
- vaga feminine
- vagos masculine plural
- vagas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vago?
- Brazil /ˈva.ɡu/
- Portugal /ˈva.ɡu/
- Portugal [ˈva.ɣu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vago
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vago in Portuguese?
vago appears 4.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).