What does vadiar in Portuguese mean?

What is the meaning of the word vadiar in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use vadiar in Portuguese.

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Meaning of the word vadiar

hang around

(ficar à toa) (doing nothing)

(phrasal verb, intransitive: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning and not taking direct object--for example, "make up" [=reconcile]: "After they fought, they made up.")

wander

(andar à toa, sem destino)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")

dance

(religião, candomblé (dançar como os ritos) (candomblé)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")

have sex

verbo transitivo (ter relação sexual)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

vadiar, vagabundar

intransitive verb (hang around)

Those who loiter in front of the store will be asked to leave immediately.

vadiar, atrasar

intransitive verb (informal (delay, dawdle)

vadiar

intransitive verb (US, slang (lay about, dawdle)

vagabundar, vadiar

phrasal verb, intransitive (US, slang (be idle)

Durante as férias, eu apenas vadiava e assistia TV.
Over the holidays, I just bummed around and watched TV.

vadiar, vagabundar

phrasal verb, intransitive (UK (be idle, lounge around) (passar o tempo ociosamente)

I don't feel like working today; I'm just going to laze about.

vadiar, vagabundar

phrasal verb, intransitive (be idle, lounge about) (passar o tempo ociosamente)

On Saturdays, I like to just laze around the house instead of going out.

vadiar

intransitive verb (be idle, do nothing)

Amy vadiou por aí o dia todo.
Amy loafed around all day.

vadiar, vagabundar

intransitive verb (move slowly, dawdle)

David is usually tired after lunch so he loiters on his way back to the office.

folgar, descansar

intransitive verb (lounge, lie idly)

I don't feel like working today; I'm just going to laze.

vadiar

phrasal verb, intransitive (informal (not be productive) (informal)

O chefe não gosta de gente vadiando quando deveriam estar trabalhando.
The boss doesn't like people fooling around when they should be working.

vadiar, enrolar

intransitive verb (US, slang, figurative (avoid work) (BRA, informal, gíria: evitar trabalhar)

ficar à toa

intransitive verb (waste time)

(locução verbal: Conjunto de verbo auxiliar (normalmente 'ser', 'estar', 'ter', 'haver') e verbo principal (normalmente no infinitivo, gerúndio ou particípio).)
Jim lounged around all day instead of working.

vadiar

(be idle, waste time)

Rachel loafed her whole weekend away.

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