vaga

See also: vága, vagá, väga, våga, and Vågå

Catalan

Etymology

Deverbal from vagar (“to wander”).

Noun

vaga f (plural vagues)

1. strike (cessation of work)

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

References

• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• 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

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Italian

Adjective

vaga f sg

1. feminine singular of vago

Verb

vaga

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

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Latin

Etymology 1

Verb

(deprecated template usage) vagā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of vagō

Etymology 2

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) vaga

1. nominative feminine singular of vagus
2. vocative feminine singular of vagus
3. nominative neuter plural of vagus
4. accusative neuter plural of vagus
5. vocative neuter plural of vagus

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) vagā

1. ablative feminine singular of vagus

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaɣɐ/

Noun

vaga f (plural vagas)

1. wave
2. opening, opportunity, vacancy
3. free slot, open position
4. absence
5. parking place

Adjective

vaga

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine singular of adjective vago.

Verb

vaga

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

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Scanian

Etymology

From Old Norse vaka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʋɑ̀ːɣa]

Verb

vaga

1. to be awake

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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	vagi	vagama
accusative	vagu	vage
vocative	vago	vage
locative	vagi	vagama
instrumental	vagom	vagama

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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

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Spanish

Adjective

vaga f sg

1. feminine singular of vago

Noun

vaga f (plural vagas, masculine vago, masculine plural vagos)

1. (deprecated template usage) feminine equivalent of vago

Verb

vaga

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of vagar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of vagar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of vagar.

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Swedish

Adjective

vaga

1. (deprecated template usage) inflection of vag:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural