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Galician
Verb
vão
- (reintegrationist norm) inflection of ir:
- third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
- third-person plural imperative
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin vānum.
Pronunciation
Adjective
vão m (plural vãos, feminine vãa, feminine plural vãas)
- useless, ineffective
Derived terms
Descendants
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
- Hyphenation: vão
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vão, from Latin vānus (“empty”). Cognate with Galician van and Spanish vano.
Adjective
vão (feminine vã, masculine plural vãos, feminine plural vãs)
- vain
- pretentious, overambitious (excessively proud of oneself)
- Synonyms: convencido, desvanecido, enfatuado, gabarola, gabola, presunçoso, pretensioso, vaidoso, vanglorioso
- Antonym: modesto
- pointless; futile; useless; unhelpful
- Synonyms: inútil, fútil, frívolo
- Synonyms: útil, efetivo, eficaz
- empty (containing nothing)
- Synonyms: vazio, vago
- Antonyms: ocupado, cheio
Noun
vão m (plural vãos)
- a gap
- a vacant spot
- (architecture) a hole in the wall where a window or door is placed; a sliver, a breach
- (architecture) the empty space below a staircase
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese van, from Latin vādunt.
Verb
vão
- inflection of ir:
- third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
- third-person plural imperative