vagar

to wander

vagar(bah-gahr)

intransitive verb

1. (to ramble)

a. to wander

Durante horas, vagó sin rumbo fijo por las calles de la ciudad.

For hours on end, she wandered aimlessly through the city streets.

b. to roam

Un día de estos dejo el trabajo y me dedico a vagar por el mundo.

One of these days I'll quit my job to roam around the world.

2. (to do nothing)

a. to laze around

Los adolescentes de hoy en día no quieren estudiar, solo quieren vagar.

Today's teenagers don't want to study. They just want to laze around.

b. to idle

Juan, deja de vagar y ve a ayudar a tu padre con la compra.

Juan, stop being idle and go help your father with the shopping.

vagar

intransitive verb

1. (general)

a.

vagar (por)to wander, to roam

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vagar

intransitive verb

1 (errar) to wander (about); roam; (rondar) to prowl about; (pasear) to saunter up and down; wander about the streets; (entretenerse) to loiter; (gandulear) to idle; loaf

vagar como alma en pena to wander about like a lost soul

2 (Mecánica) to be loose; move about

(tiempo libre) leisure; free time; (pereza) idleness; (calma) lack of anxiety; freedom from worry

andar de vagar to be at leisure