vaga

Deverbal from vagar (“to wander”).

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ɡə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ɡə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ɡa/

vaga f (plural vagues)

1. strike (cessation of work)

• “vaga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “vaga”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023

From Old French vague, from Old Norse vágr (“sea”), from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (“wave, storm”).[1]

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

From Latin vagus.

vaga f sg

1. feminine singular of vago

vaga

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

• “vaga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “vaga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “vaga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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

vaga

1. feminine singular of vago

vaga

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

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

vagā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of vagō

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

vaga

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

vagā

1. ablative feminine singular of vagus

• (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): [ˈba.ɣɐ]
• Rhymes: -aɡɐ
• Homophone: baga (Northern Portugal)
• Hyphenation: va‧ga

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

vaga f (plural vagas)

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

vaga

1. feminine singular of vago

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

vaga

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

From Old Norse vaka.

• IPA^(key): [ʋɑ̀ːɣa]

vaga

1. to be awake

Borrowed from German Waage.

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

vága f (Cyrillic spelling ва́га)

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

Borrowed from German Waage.

• IPA^(key): /ʋáːɡa/

vȃga f

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

   Synonym: tẹ̑htnica

2. weight

   Synonym: tẹ́ža

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

vaga f (plural vagas)

1. female equivalent of vago

vaga

1. feminine singular of vago

vaga

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

vaga

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of vag.

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

• IPA^(key): /βaᵑɡa/

vaga

1. canoe

• 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.