vaguear

Portuguese

Etymology

From vago +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /va.ɡeˈa(ʁ)/ [va.ɡeˈa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /va.ɡeˈa(ʁ)/ [va.ɡeˈa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /va.ɡeˈa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /va.ɡeˈa(ʁ)/ [va.ɡeˈa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /va.ɡeˈa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈɡjaɾ/ [vɐˈɣjaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈɡjaɾ/ [vɐˈɣjaɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈɡjaɾ/ [bɐˈɣjaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈɡja.ɾi/ [vɐˈɣja.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: va‧gue‧ar

Verb

vaguear (first-person singular present vagueio, first-person singular preterite vagueei, past participle vagueado)

1. (intransitive) to roam; to wander

   Synonyms: perambular, vagar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vaguear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	vaguear
Personal	vaguear	vagueares	vaguear	vaguearmos	vagueardes	vaguearem
Gerund
	vagueando
Past participle
Masculine	vagueado			vagueados
Feminine	vagueada			vagueadas
Indicative
Present	vagueio	vagueias	vagueia	vagueamos	vagueais	vagueiam
Imperfect	vagueava	vagueavas	vagueava	vagueávamos	vagueáveis	vagueavam
Preterite	vagueei	vagueaste	vagueou	vagueamos1, vagueámos2	vagueastes	vaguearam
Pluperfect	vagueara	vaguearas	vagueara	vagueáramos	vagueáreis	vaguearam
Future	vaguearei	vaguearás	vagueará	vaguearemos	vagueareis	vaguearão
Conditional	vaguearia	vaguearias	vaguearia	vaguearíamos	vaguearíeis	vagueariam
Subjunctive
Present	vagueie	vagueies	vagueie	vagueemos	vagueeis	vagueiem
Imperfect	vagueasse	vagueasses	vagueasse	vagueássemos	vagueásseis	vagueassem
Future	vaguear	vagueares	vaguear	vaguearmos	vagueardes	vaguearem
Imperative
Affirmative		vagueia	vagueie	vagueemos	vagueai	vagueiem
Negative (não)		não vagueies	não vagueie	não vagueemos	não vagueeis	não vagueiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• vago

Spanish

Etymology

From vago +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɡeˈaɾ/ [ba.ɣ̞eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: va‧gue‧ar

Verb

vaguear (first-person singular present vagueo, first-person singular preterite vagueé, past participle vagueado)

1. to laze about, loaf about

   Synonym: holgazanear

2. to veg out, veg
3. to lounge

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vaguear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			vaguear
gerund			vagueando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		vagueado		vagueada
		plural		vagueados		vagueadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	vagueo	vagueastú vagueásvos	vaguea	vagueamos	vagueáis	vaguean
	imperfect	vagueaba	vagueabas	vagueaba	vagueábamos	vagueabais	vagueaban
	preterite	vagueé	vagueaste	vagueó	vagueamos	vagueasteis	vaguearon
	future	vaguearé	vaguearás	vagueará	vaguearemos	vaguearéis	vaguearán
	conditional	vaguearía	vaguearías	vaguearía	vaguearíamos	vaguearíais	vaguearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	vaguee	vagueestú vagueésvos2	vaguee	vagueemos	vagueéis	vagueen
	imperfect (ra)	vagueara	vaguearas	vagueara	vagueáramos	vaguearais	vaguearan
	imperfect (se)	vaguease	vagueases	vaguease	vagueásemos	vagueaseis	vagueasen
	future1	vagueare	vagueares	vagueare	vagueáremos	vagueareis	vaguearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		vagueatú vagueávos	vaguee	vagueemos	vaguead	vagueen
	negative		no vaguees	no vaguee	no vagueemos	no vagueéis	no vagueen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Related terms

• vagar

Further reading

• “vaguear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10