vaga

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vaga"

Catalan

Etymology 1

Deverbal from vagar (“to wander”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈba.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈva.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈva.ɣa]

Noun

vaga f (plural vagues)

1. strike (cessation of work)

Derived terms

• en vaga
• vaga de fam
• vaga general
• vaga salvatge
• vaguista

Further reading

• “vaga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “vaga”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.

Etymology 2

Verb

vaga

1. inflection of vagar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Vagas ("waves"), O Vicedo, Galicia

Etymology 1

From Old French vague, from Old Norse vágr (“sea”), from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (“wave, storm”).

Noun

vaga f (plural vagas)

1. wave (sea undulation)

   Synonym: onda

2. swell (a long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased)

   Synonym: mareira

Etymology 2

From Latin vagus.

Adjective

vaga f sg

1. feminine singular of vago

Verb

vaga

1. inflection of vagar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vaga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “vaga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vaga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Hyphenation: và‧ga

Etymology 1

Adjective

vaga

1. feminine singular of vago

Etymology 2

Verb

vaga

1. inflection of vagare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Pronunciation

• vaga: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯a.ɡa/, [ˈu̯äɡä]
• vaga: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ɡa/, [ˈväːɡä]
• vagā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯a.ɡaː/, [ˈu̯äɡäː]
• vagā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ɡa/, [ˈväːɡä]

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vagā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of vagō

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

vaga

1. inflection of vagus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

vagā

1. ablative feminine singular of vagus

Lithuanian

Etymology

Cognate with Latvian vaga (“chunk of dirt”), Old Prussian wagnis (“ploughshare”).

Noun

vagà f stress pattern 4

1. furrow, groove, channel
2. scooped chuck of earth
3. watercourse (direction of flow)

Declension

Declension of vagà

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	vagà	vãgos
genitive (kilmininkas)	vagõs	vagų̃
dative (naudininkas)	vãgai	vagóms
accusative (galininkas)	vãgą	vagàs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	vagà	vagomi̇̀s
locative (vietininkas)	vagojè	vagosè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	vãga	vãgos

Derived terms

• vagóti (“to plow, to burrow”)

References

• “vaga”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
• “vaga”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025

Maltese

Alternative forms

• vvaka

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vacare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaː.ɡa/

Verb

vaga (imperfect jvaga)

1. to become vacant

Conjugation

Conjugation of vaga

positive forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	vagajt	vagajt	vaga	vagajna	vagajtu	vagaw
	f			vagat
imperfect	m	nvaga	tvaga	jvaga	nvagaw	tvagaw	jvagaw
	f			tvaga
imperative			vaga			vagaw
negative forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	vagajtx	vagajtx	vaga	vagajniex	vagajtux	vagawx
	f			vagatx
imperfect	m	nvagax	tvagax	jvagax	nvagawx	tvagawx	jvagawx
	f			tvagax
imperative			tvagax			tvagawx

Related terms

• vagant (vakant)
• vaganti
• vaganza (vakanza)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ɡa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ɡɐ/ [ˈva.ɣɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ɡɐ/ [ˈva.ɣɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ɡɐ/ [ˈba.ɣɐ]

• Rhymes: -aɡɐ
• Homophone: baga (Northern Portugal)
• Hyphenation: va‧ga

Etymology 1

From Old French vague, from Old Norse vágr (“sea”), from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (“wave, storm”).

Noun

vaga f (plural vagas)

1. (archaic, poetic) wave

Etymology 2

Back-formation from vagar (“to vacate”).

Noun

vaga f (plural vagas)

1. vacancy, opening
2. parking space
3. slot, spot
4. place (as in a course or a job)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

vaga

1. feminine singular of vago

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vaga

1. inflection of vagar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Scanian

Etymology

From Old Norse vaka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʋɑ̀ːɣa]

Verb

vaga

1. to be awake

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Waage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋǎːɡa/
• Hyphenation: va‧ga

Noun

vága f (Cyrillic spelling ва́га)

1. balance, scales (device for weighing goods for sale)

Declension

Declension of vaga

	singular	plural
nominative	vaga	vage
genitive	vage	vaga
dative	vazi	vagama
accusative	vagu	vage
vocative	vago	vage
locative	vazi	vagama
instrumental	vagom	vagama

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from German Waage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋáːɡa/

Noun

vȃga f

1. balance, scales (device for weighing goods for sale)

   Synonym: tẹ̑htnica

2. weight

   Synonym: tẹ́ža

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɡa/ [ˈba.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: va‧ga

Etymology 1

Noun

vaga f (plural vagas)

1. female equivalent of vago

Etymology 2

Adjective

vaga

1. feminine singular of vago

Etymology 3

Verb

vaga

1. inflection of vagar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Swedish

Adjective

vaga

1. inflection of vag:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *waga, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waŋka, possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baŋkaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βaᵑɡa/

Noun

vaga

1. canoe

Further reading

• Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 366
• Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.