vai
Portuguese, verb/ˈvaj/
vai is spelled V-A-I (3 letters) and appears 1,820 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 50th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vai is a Portuguese verb meaning “third-person singular present indicative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does vai mean in English?
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo aos vais 2. relativo ao idioma vai
noun: 1. indivíduo do povo vai, grupo étnico que habita a Libéria e Serra Leoa 2. língua tonal mandê falada pelos vais
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 vai
- vae alternative
- vay alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vai?
- Brazil /ˈvaj/
- Brazil [ˈvaɪ̯]
- Portugal /ˈvaj/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vai in Portuguese?
vai appears 1,820 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).