vão

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɐ̃w̃/
• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃

From Old Portuguese van, from Latin vadunt, third-person plural present indicative of vadō (“I go”).

vão

1. Third-person plural (eles, elas, also used with vocês^?) present indicative of ir
2. Third-person plural (eles, elas, also used with vocês^?) present subjunctive of ir
3. Third-person plural (vocês) affirmative imperative of ir
4. Third-person plural (vocês) negative imperative of ir
5. (informal) followed by infinitive, forms the third-person plural future indicative

   Eles vão comer carne.

   They will eat meat.

• (3rd-person plural future indicative): root + -arão (1st conjugation), root + -erão (2nd conjugation), root + -irão (3rd conjugation)

From Old Portuguese vão, from Latin vānus (“empty”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂-.

vão (feminine singular vã, masculine plural vãos, feminine plural vãs, comparable)

1. empty (containing nothing)
2. vain (overly proud of oneself)
3. vain (effecting no purpose; pointless; futile)
4. useless (unhelpful; not useful)

• (empty): vago, vazio
• (overly proud of oneself): convencido, desvanecido, enfatuado, gabarola, gabola, presunçoso, pretensioso, vaidoso, vanglorioso
• (futile): frívolo, fútil
• (useless): inútil

• (empty): ocupado
• (overly proud of oneself): modesto
• (futile): importante, relevante
• (useless): útil

vão m (plural vãos)

1. a gap
2. a vacant spot
3. (architecture) a hole in the wall where a window or door is placed; a sliver, a breach
4. (architecture) the empty space below a staircase

• em vão
• vão livre
• vão teórico
• vão total