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Catalan
Verb
vaco
- first-person singular present indicative of vacar
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈva.ko/
- Rhymes: -ako
- Hyphenation: và‧co
Verb
vaco
- first-person singular present indicative of vacare
Anagrams
Latin
- voco (in mss. of Plautus)
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *wakos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“to lack; empty”).[1] The form in vo- possibly from vocīvus, shifted in pretonic syllable.
Pronunciation
Verb
vacō (present infinitive vacāre, perfect active vacāvī, supine vacātum); first conjugation
- to be empty, void
- to be unoccupied, vacant
- to be idle, at leisure
- Synonyms: langueō, dēsideō, iaceō, cessō, resideō, sileō, conquiēscō
Philosophiae vacat.- He has leisure for philosophy.
- to be free to attend, have time, not be under other obligation
Conjugation
Conjugation of vacō (first conjugation)
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indicative
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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vacō
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vacās
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vacat
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vacāmus
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vacātis
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vacant
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imperfect
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vacābam
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vacābās
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vacābat
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vacābāmus
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vacābātis
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vacābant
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future
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vacābō
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vacābis
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vacābit
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vacābimus
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vacābitis
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vacābunt
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perfect
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vacāvī
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vacāvistī, vacāstī1
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vacāvit, vacāt1
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vacāvimus, vacāmus1
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vacāvistis, vacāstis1
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vacāvērunt, vacāvēre, vacārunt1
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pluperfect
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vacāveram, vacāram1
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vacāverās, vacārās1
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vacāverat, vacārat1
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vacāverāmus, vacārāmus1
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vacāverātis, vacārātis1
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vacāverant, vacārant1
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future perfect
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vacāverō, vacārō1
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vacāveris, vacāris1
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vacāverit, vacārit1
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vacāverimus, vacārimus1
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vacāveritis, vacāritis1
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vacāverint, vacārint1
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passive
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present
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vacor
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vacāris, vacāre
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vacātur
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vacāmur
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vacāminī
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vacantur
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imperfect
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vacābar
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vacābāris, vacābāre
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vacābātur
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vacābāmur
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vacābāminī
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vacābantur
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future
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vacābor
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vacāberis, vacābere
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vacābitur
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vacābimur
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vacābiminī
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vacābuntur
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perfect
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vacātus + present active indicative of sum
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pluperfect
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vacātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
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future perfect
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vacātus + future active indicative of sum
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subjunctive
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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vacem
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vacēs
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vacet
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vacēmus
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vacētis
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vacent
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imperfect
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vacārem
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vacārēs
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vacāret
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vacārēmus
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vacārētis
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vacārent
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perfect
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vacāverim, vacārim1
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vacāverīs, vacārīs1
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vacāverit, vacārit1
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vacāverīmus, vacārīmus1
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vacāverītis, vacārītis1
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vacāverint, vacārint1
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pluperfect
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vacāvissem, vacāssem1
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vacāvissēs, vacāssēs1
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vacāvisset, vacāsset1
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vacāvissēmus, vacāssēmus1
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vacāvissētis, vacāssētis1
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vacāvissent, vacāssent1
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passive
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present
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vacer
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vacēris, vacēre
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vacētur
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vacēmur
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vacēminī
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vacentur
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imperfect
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vacārer
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vacārēris, vacārēre
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vacārētur
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vacārēmur
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vacārēminī
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vacārentur
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perfect
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vacātus + present active subjunctive of sum
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pluperfect
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vacātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
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imperative
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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—
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vacā
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—
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—
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vacāte
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—
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future
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—
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vacātō
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vacātō
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—
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vacātōte
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vacantō
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passive
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present
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—
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vacāre
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—
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—
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vacāminī
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—
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future
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—
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vacātor
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vacātor
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—
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—
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vacantor
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non-finite forms
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active
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passive
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present
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perfect
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future
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present
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perfect
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future
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infinitives
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vacāre
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vacāvisse, vacāsse1
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vacātūrum esse
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vacārī
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vacātum esse
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vacātum īrī
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participles
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vacāns
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—
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vacātūrus
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—
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vacātus
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vacandus
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verbal nouns
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gerund
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supine
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genitive
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dative
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accusative
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ablative
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accusative
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ablative
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vacandī
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vacandō
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vacandum
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vacandō
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vacātum
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vacātū
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1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vacō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 649
- Weiss, Michael L. (2009) Outline of the Historical and Comparative Grammar of Latin, Ann Arbor: Beech Stave Press, →ISBN, page 141
- ^ Pokorny 141, pages 345-346
Further reading
- “vaco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vaco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vaco in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- vaco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be free from business: negotiis vacare
- to be free from blame: culpa carere, vacare
Neapolitan
Etymology
From the older (and still regionally used) vao, from Latin vādō.
Pronunciation
Verb
vaco
- first-person singular present indicative of jí
References
Portuguese
Verb
vaco
- first-person singular present indicative of vacar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbako/
- Rhymes: -ako
- Syllabification: va‧co
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin vacuus.
Adjective
vaco (feminine vaca, masculine plural vacos, feminine plural vacas)
- (formal) vacant; blank
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Masculine variant of vaca (“cow”).
Noun
vaco m (plural vacos)
- (colloquial) bull
Etymology 3
Verb
vaco
- first-person singular present indicative of vacar
Further reading