vagaroso

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese vagaroso (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from vagar +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /baɡaˈɾoso/ [bɑ.ɣ̞ɑˈɾo.s̺ʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /baɡaˈɾoso/ [bɑ.ɣ̞ɑˈɾo.s̺ʊ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /baħaˈɾoso/ [bɑ.ħɑˈɾo.s̺ʊ]

• Rhymes: -oso
• Hyphenation: va‧ga‧ro‧so

Adjective

vagaroso (feminine vagarosa, masculine plural vagarosos, feminine plural vagarosas)

1. unhurried, calm
2. sluggish

Derived terms

• devagar
• vagarosamente

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “vagaroso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “vagaroso”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vagaroso”, 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), “vagaroso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vagaroso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vagaroso. By surface analysis, vagar +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /va.ɡaˈɾo.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /va.ɡaˈɾo.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /va.ɡaˈɾo.zo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐ.ɡɐˈɾo.zu/ [vɐ.ɣɐˈɾo.zu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐ.ɡɐˈɾo.zu/ [vɐ.ɣɐˈɾo.zu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ.ɡɐˈɾo.zu/ [bɐ.ɣɐˈɾo.zu]

• Rhymes: -ozu
• Hyphenation: va‧ga‧ro‧so

Adjective

vagaroso (feminine vagarosa, masculine plural vagarosos, feminine plural vagarosas, metaphonic)

1. leisurely
2. slow, sluggish

   Synonym: lento

Derived terms

• vagarosamente

Further reading

• “vagaroso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “vagaroso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɡaˈɾoso/ [ba.ɣ̞aˈɾo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: va‧ga‧ro‧so

Adjective

vagaroso (feminine vagarosa, masculine plural vagarosos, feminine plural vagarosas)

1. wandering

   Synonyms: errabundo, errante

Further reading

• “vagaroso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025