"vacilar" meaning in Portuguese

See vacilar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /va.siˈla(ʁ)/ [Brazil], [va.siˈla(h)] [Brazil], /va.siˈla(ʁ)/ [Brazil], [va.siˈla(h)] [Brazil], /va.siˈla(ɾ)/ [São-Paulo], /va.siˈla(ʁ)/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], [va.siˈla(χ)] [Rio-de-Janeiro], /va.siˈla(ɻ)/ [Southern-Brazil], /vɐ.siˈlaɾ/ [Portugal], /vɐ.siˈlaɾ/ [Portugal], /bɐ.siˈlaɾ/ [Northern, Portugal], /vɐ.siˈla.ɾi/ [Portugal, Southern]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin vacillāre. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|pt|la|vacillō|vacillāre||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin vacillāre, {{bor+|pt|la|vacillō|vacillāre}} Borrowed from Latin vacillāre Head templates: {{pt-verb}} vacilar (first-person singular present vacilo, first-person singular preterite vacilei, past participle vacilado) Inflection templates: {{pt-conj}} Forms: vacilo [first-person, present, singular], vacilei [first-person, preterite, singular], vacilado [participle, past], no-table-tags [table-tags], vacilar [impersonal, infinitive], vacilar [first-person, infinitive, singular], vacilares [infinitive, second-person, singular], vacilar [infinitive, singular, third-person], vacilarmos [first-person, infinitive, plural], vacilardes [infinitive, plural, second-person], vacilarem [infinitive, plural, third-person], vacilando [gerund], vacilado [masculine, participle, past, singular], vacilados [masculine, participle, past, plural], vacilada [feminine, participle, past, singular], vaciladas [feminine, participle, past, plural], vacilo [first-person, indicative, present, singular], vacilas [indicative, present, second-person, singular], vacila [indicative, present, singular, third-person], vacilamos [first-person, indicative, plural, present], vacilais [indicative, plural, present, second-person], vacilam [indicative, plural, present, third-person], vacilava [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], vacilavas [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], vacilava [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], vacilávamos [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], vaciláveis [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], vacilavam [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], vacilei [first-person, indicative, preterite, singular], vacilaste [indicative, preterite, second-person, singular], vacilou [indicative, preterite, singular, third-person], vacilamos [first-person, indicative, plural, preterite], vacilámos [first-person, indicative, plural, preterite], vacilastes [indicative, plural, preterite, second-person], vacilaram [indicative, plural, preterite, third-person], vacilara [first-person, indicative, pluperfect, singular], vacilaras [indicative, pluperfect, second-person, singular], vacilara [indicative, pluperfect, singular, third-person], vaciláramos [first-person, indicative, pluperfect, plural], vaciláreis [indicative, pluperfect, plural, second-person], vacilaram [indicative, pluperfect, plural, third-person], vacilarei [first-person, future, indicative, singular], vacilarás [future, indicative, second-person, singular], vacilará [future, indicative, singular, third-person], vacilaremos [first-person, future, indicative, plural], vacilareis [future, indicative, plural, second-person], vacilarão [future, indicative, plural, third-person], vacilaria [conditional, first-person, singular], vacilarias [conditional, second-person, singular], vacilaria [conditional, singular, third-person], vacilaríamos [conditional, first-person, plural], vacilaríeis [conditional, plural, second-person], vacilariam [conditional, plural, third-person], vacile [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], vaciles [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], vacile [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], vacilemos [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], vacileis [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], vacilem [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], vacilasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], vacilasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], vacilasse [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], vacilássemos [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], vacilásseis [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], vacilassem [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], vacilar [first-person, future, singular, subjunctive], vacilares [future, second-person, singular, subjunctive], vacilar [future, singular, subjunctive, third-person], vacilarmos [first-person, future, plural, subjunctive], vacilardes [future, plural, second-person, subjunctive], vacilarem [future, plural, subjunctive, third-person], vacila [imperative, second-person, singular], vacile [imperative, singular, third-person], vacilemos [first-person, imperative, plural], vacilai [imperative, plural, second-person], vacilem [imperative, plural, third-person], não vaciles [imperative, negative, second-person, singular], não vacile [imperative, negative, singular, third-person], não vacilemos [first-person, imperative, negative, plural], não vacileis [imperative, negative, plural, second-person], não vacilem [imperative, negative, plural, third-person]
  1. (intransitive) to vacillate (to sway unsteadily from one side to the other) Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-vacilar-pt-verb-UhZVuCqm
  2. (intransitive) to vacillate (to swing from one course of action or opinion to another) Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-vacilar-pt-verb-dpgBux15
  3. (intransitive) to hesitate Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-vacilar-pt-verb-ASFMFEP8
  4. (informal) to make a mistake or a wrong choice Tags: informal Synonyms: bobear
    Sense id: en-vacilar-pt-verb-qoXe2gEW Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese verbs ending in -ar Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 4 30 2 42 22 Disambiguation of Portuguese verbs ending in -ar: 9 26 8 36 22
  5. (Brazil, idiomatic, intransitive) to behave inattentively, obliviously, or uncarefully Tags: Brazil, idiomatic, intransitive Synonyms: marcar bobeira, dar bobeira, dar sopa, dar bandeira, marcar touca, moscar, panguar, brisar
    Sense id: en-vacilar-pt-verb-UhJ2wxQD Categories (other): Brazilian Portuguese

Inflected forms

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      "form": "vacilaria",
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      "form": "vacilaríamos",
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      "form": "vacilariam",
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      "form": "vacile",
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      "tags": [
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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      "form": "vaciles",
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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      "form": "vacile",
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        "subjunctive"
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        "subjunctive"
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      "form": "vacilasse",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "vacilássemos",
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        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "vacilásseis",
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        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
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      "form": "vacilassem",
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        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "vacilar",
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
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      "form": "vacilar",
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        "singular",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "vacilarmos",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "vacilardes",
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        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
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      "form": "vacilarem",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "third-person"
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        "singular"
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        "plural"
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      "form": "vacilem",
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        "third-person"
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      "form": "não vaciles",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "não vacile",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não vacilemos",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "não vacileis",
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      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não vacilem",
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        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bobear"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Brazilian Portuguese",
        "Portuguese idioms",
        "Portuguese intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to behave inattentively, obliviously, or uncarefully"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inattentively",
          "inattentively"
        ],
        [
          "obliviously",
          "obliviously"
        ],
        [
          "uncarefully",
          "uncarefully"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Brazil, idiomatic, intransitive) to behave inattentively, obliviously, or uncarefully"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "marcar bobeira"
        },
        {
          "word": "dar bobeira"
        },
        {
          "word": "dar sopa"
        },
        {
          "word": "dar bandeira"
        },
        {
          "word": "marcar touca"
        },
        {
          "word": "moscar"
        },
        {
          "word": "panguar"
        },
        {
          "word": "brisar"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/va.siˈla(ʁ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[va.siˈla(h)]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/va.siˈla(ʁ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[va.siˈla(h)]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/va.siˈla(ɾ)/",
      "tags": [
        "São-Paulo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/va.siˈla(ʁ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[va.siˈla(χ)]",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/va.siˈla(ɻ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vɐ.siˈlaɾ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vɐ.siˈlaɾ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɐ.siˈlaɾ/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vɐ.siˈla.ɾi/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "Southern"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "vacilar"
}

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