vulgo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vulgo.

Adverb

vulgo (not comparable)

1. In the vernacular; commonly known as.
   • 1733, Philip Miller, “PERICLYMENUM”, in The Gardeners Dictionary: […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: […] C[harles] Rivington, […], →OCLC, column 1:

     PERICLYMENUM; […] Trumpet Honeyſuckle; vulgô.

   • 1822, George Woodley, A view of the present state of the Scilly Islands, 264-265:

     [Pope's Hole] derives its name from its being a place of shelter to some puffins, vulgo "popes".

   • 1828, John Walters, An English and Welsh Dictionary, page 304:

     A cow desiring the bull [vulgò a tufty cow]

Noun

vulgo (uncountable)

1. The masses.

Synonyms

• great unwashed
• hoi polloi

Anagrams

• Vogul

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wolgosder.?

Proto-Italic *welgosder.?

Latin vulgusbor.

Galician vulgo

Borrowed from Latin vulgus. Compare Portuguese vulgo.

Noun

vulgo m (plural vulgos)

1. the common people, the masses

Related terms

• vulgar
• vulgaridade
• vulgarismo

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vulgo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvʊlɡoː]
• Hyphenation: vul‧go

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Adverb

vulgo

1. vulgo; commonly known as

Further reading

• “vulgo” in Duden online
• “vulgo”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Latin

Alternative forms

• volgō

Etymology

The verb is from vulgus (“the public; the common people”) +‎ -ō (suffix deriving verbs from nouns and adjectives). The adverb is with the adverbial suffix -o, equivalent to the dative and ablative singular of vulgus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwʊɫ.ɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvul.ɡo]

Verb

vulgō (present infinitive vulgāre, perfect active vulgāvī, supine vulgātum); first conjugation

1. to broadcast; to publish; to divulge; to issue; to make known among the people

   Synonyms: praebeō, ostendō, ostentō, expōnō, prōdō, prōpōnō, prōferō, prōtrahō, indicō, profiteor, gerō, praestō

2. to make common; to prostitute
3. to make known to all by words; to spread abroad; to publish; to divulge
4. to cheapen; to degrade

   Synonym: dēgenerō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of vulgō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	vulgō		vulgās		vulgat		vulgāmus		vulgātis		vulgant
	imperfect	vulgābam		vulgābās		vulgābat		vulgābāmus		vulgābātis		vulgābant
	future	vulgābō		vulgābis		vulgābit		vulgābimus		vulgābitis		vulgābunt
	perfect	vulgāvī		vulgāvistī		vulgāvit		vulgāvimus		vulgāvistis		vulgāvērunt, vulgāvēre
	pluperfect	vulgāveram		vulgāverās		vulgāverat		vulgāverāmus		vulgāverātis		vulgāverant
	future perfect	vulgāverō		vulgāveris		vulgāverit		vulgāverimus		vulgāveritis		vulgāverint
passive	present	vulgor		vulgāris, vulgāre		vulgātur		vulgāmur		vulgāminī		vulgantur
	imperfect	vulgābar		vulgābāris, vulgābāre		vulgābātur		vulgābāmur		vulgābāminī		vulgābantur
	future	vulgābor		vulgāberis, vulgābere		vulgābitur		vulgābimur		vulgābiminī		vulgābuntur
	perfect	vulgātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	vulgātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	vulgātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	vulgem		vulgēs		vulget		vulgēmus		vulgētis		vulgent
	imperfect	vulgārem		vulgārēs		vulgāret		vulgārēmus		vulgārētis		vulgārent
	perfect	vulgāverim		vulgāverīs		vulgāverit		vulgāverīmus		vulgāverītis		vulgāverint
	pluperfect	vulgāvissem		vulgāvissēs		vulgāvisset		vulgāvissēmus		vulgāvissētis		vulgāvissent
passive	present	vulger		vulgēris, vulgēre		vulgētur		vulgēmur		vulgēminī		vulgentur
	imperfect	vulgārer		vulgārēris, vulgārēre		vulgārētur		vulgārēmur		vulgārēminī		vulgārentur
	perfect	vulgātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	vulgātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		vulgā		—		—		vulgāte		—
	future	—		vulgātō		vulgātō		—		vulgātōte		vulgantō
passive	present	—		vulgāre		—		—		vulgāminī		—
	future	—		vulgātor		vulgātor		—		—		vulgantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		vulgāre			vulgārī			vulgāns			—
future		vulgātūrum esse			vulgātum īrī			vulgātūrus			vulgandus
perfect		vulgāvisse			vulgātum esse			—			vulgātus
future perfect		—			vulgātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		vulgātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		vulgandī		vulgandō		vulgandum		vulgandō		vulgātum		vulgātū

Derived terms

• divulgō
• ēvulgō
• invulgō
• pervulgō
• provulgō
• vulgātē
• vulgātor
• vulgātrīx
• vulgātus

Related terms

• vulgāris
• vulgāritās
• vulgāriter
• vulgārius
• vulgivagus
• vulgus

Descendants

• → Italian: volgare
• ⇒ English: vulgate

Adverb

vulgō (not comparable)

1. generally, usually
2. universally
3. publicly, commonly, popularly

   Synonyms: pūblicē, apertē, prōpalam, palam

   Antonym: clam

Noun

vulgō

1. dative/ablative singular of vulgus

References

• “vulgo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "vulgo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “vulgo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • every one says: vulgo dicitur, pervulgatum est
    
  • to express oneself in popular language: ad vulgarem sensum or ad communem opinionem orationem accommodare (Off. 2. 10. 35)
    

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvuw.ɡu/ [ˈvuʊ̯.ɡu]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvul.ɡu/ [ˈvuɫ.ɣu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvul.ɡu/ [ˈvuɫ.ɣu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbul.ɡu/ [ˈbuɫ.ɣu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvul.ɡu/ [ˈvuɫ.ɡu]

• Hyphenation: vul‧go

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin vulgus (“common people”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel (“to throng; crowd”).

Noun

vulgo m (uncountable)

1. the common people; the masses

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin vulgo (“in the [language of] common people”), ablative singular of vulgus (“common people”).

Adverb

vulgo (not comparable)

1. introduces a colloquial synonym, or a nickname; informally or commonly known as

   Ele sofre de tireomegalia, vulgo papeira.

   He suffers from thyromegaly, commonly known as goitre.

   René Higuita, vulgo O Escorpião, foi um goleiro colombiano.

   René Higuita, nicknamed The Scorpion, was a Colombian goalkeeper.

Further reading

• “vulgo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “vulgo”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “vulgo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “vulgo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wolgosder.?

Proto-Italic *welgosder.?

Latin vulgusbor.

Spanish vulgo

Borrowed from Latin vulgus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbulɡo/ [ˈbul.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -ulɡo
• Syllabification: vul‧go

Noun

vulgo m (plural vulgos)

1. the common people, the masses

Related terms

• vulgar

Adverb

vulgo

1. commonly known as

Further reading

• “vulgo”, 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

Swedish

Etymology

By surface analysis, clipping of vulgär (“vulgar”) +‎ -o. Compare fetto, lyllo, svullo, etc. Possibly influenced by English vulgo. Attested (as part of compounds) since 1988.

Adjective

vulgo

1. (slang) vulgar; of bad taste

Derived terms

• vulgokomedi

References

• “vulgo”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “vulgo”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “vulgo”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)