What does vaguear in Portuguese mean?

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

The word vaguear in Portuguese means wander about, perambulate, rove, ramble, err, prowl, daydream, passear, vagar, vaguear, rondar, vagar, vaguear, passear, vaguear, errar, perambular, errar, vaguear, vaguear, vagar, passear, passear, vaguear, vaguear, perambular, vagabundear, vagar, errar, vaguear, perambular por. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word vaguear

wander about, perambulate, rove, ramble, err, prowl, daydream

passear, vagar, vaguear

intransitive verb (stroll)

Adam passeou pela praia.
Adam wandered along the beach.

rondar, vagar, vaguear

intransitive verb (move stealthily about) (rondar a esmo)

The burglar prowled around the building looking for a way in.

passear, vaguear, errar

intransitive verb (go on countryside walk)

Eles estão passeando nas Terras Altas nesse momento.
They're rambling in the Highlands at the moment.

perambular, errar, vaguear

intransitive verb (wander)

The mugger roved around the subways, looking for victims.

vaguear, vagar

intransitive verb (person: wander) (pessoa)

Jennifer meandered around the tiny Parisian shops all afternoon.

passear

intransitive verb (informal (go at leisurely pace)

(verbo transitivo: Verbos que possuem complemento, direto ou indireto. Ex. "oferecer ajuda", "gostar de música", etc.)

passear, vaguear

phrasal verb, intransitive (move from place to place)

Ele vagueia de um lugar para o outro, pegando trabalhos temporários quando pode.
He goes about from place to place, taking casual jobs wherever he can get them.

vaguear, perambular, vagabundear

intransitive verb (UK, informal (wander aimlessly) (informal)

The students bunked off school and spent all day mooching around town.

vagar, errar

intransitive verb (wander, no destination)

With no job to go to, Laura spent her days idly roaming around the city.

vaguear

phrasal verb, intransitive (be somewhere unknown)

perambular por

transitive verb (wander around a place)

The teenagers roamed the streets, looking for something to do.

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