vão
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese van, from Latin vadunt, third-person plural present indicative of vadō (“I go”).
Verb
vão
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- (informal) followed by infinitive, forms the third-person plural future indicative
- Eles vão comer carne.
- They will eat meat.
Synonyms
- (3rd-person plural future indicative): root + -arão (1st conjugation), root + -erão (2nd conjugation), root + -irão (3rd conjugation)
Etymology 2
From Old Galician-Portuguese vão, from Latin vānus (“empty”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂-.
Adjective
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- vain
- pretentious, overambitious (excessively proud of oneself)
- Synonyms: convencido, desvanecido, enfatuado, gabarola, gabola, presunçoso, pretensioso, vaidoso, vanglorioso
- Antonym: modesto
- pointless; futile; useless; unhelpful
- pretentious, overambitious (excessively proud of oneself)
- empty (containing nothing)
Noun
vão m (plural s)
- a gap
- a vacant spot
- (architecture) a hole in the wall where a window or door is placed; a sliver, a breach
- (architecture) the empty space below a staircase
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