vaguear
Portuguese, verb/va.ɡeˈa(ʁ)/
vaguear is spelled V-A-G-U-E-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 68,000th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vaguear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to roam; to wander” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “andar sem destino”.
What does vaguear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to roam; to wander
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. andar sem destino 2. passear ociosamente 3. perder-se em sonhos ou devaneios; devanear
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 vaguear
- vagueio first-person present singular
- vagueei first-person preterite singular
- vagueado participle past
- vagueares infinitive second-person singular
- vaguearmos first-person infinitive plural
- vagueardes infinitive plural second-person
- vaguearem infinitive plural third-person
- vagueando gerund
- vagueados masculine participle past
- vagueada feminine participle past
- vagueadas feminine participle past
- vagueias indicative present second-person
- vagueia indicative present singular
- vagueamos first-person indicative plural
- vagueais indicative plural present
- vagueiam indicative plural present
- vagueava first-person imperfect indicative
- vagueavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vaguear?
- Brazil /va.ɡeˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [va.ɡeˈa(h)]
- /va.ɡeˈa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vaguear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vaguear in Portuguese?
vaguear appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).