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vesgo

Portuguese, adjective/ˈvez.ɡu/

vesgo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “cross-eyed, walleyed (person with strabismus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “diz-se daquele que apresenta estrabismo”.

What does vesgo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    derogatorycross-eyed, walleyed (person with strabismus)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. diz-se daquele que apresenta estrabismo

noun: 1. indivíduo estrábico

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 vesgo

  • vesga feminine
  • vesgos masculine plural
  • vesgas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce vesgo?

  • Brazil /ˈvez.ɡu/
  • /ˈveʒ.ɡu/
  • Portugal /ˈveʒ.ɡu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is vesgo in Portuguese?

vesgo appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).