vão

vão m (plural vãos, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of van

vão (feminine vã, masculine plural vãos, feminine plural vãs, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of van

vão

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of ir:
   1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

• “vão” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

From Latin vānum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈβã.u/

vão m (plural vãos, feminine vãa, feminine plural vãas)

1. useless, ineffective

• en vão

• Galician: van
• Portuguese: vão

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• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
• Hyphenation: vão

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vão, from Latin vānus (“empty”). Cognate with Galician van and Spanish vano.

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

1. vain
   1. pretentious, overambitious (excessively proud of oneself)

      Synonyms: convencido, desvanecido, enfatuado, gabarola, gabola, presunçoso, pretensioso, vaidoso, vanglorioso

      Antonym: modesto

   2. pointless; futile; useless; unhelpful

      Synonyms: inútil, fútil, frívolo

      Synonyms: útil, efetivo, eficaz

2. empty (containing nothing)

   Synonyms: vazio, vago

   Antonyms: ocupado, cheio

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

• vão livre
• vão teórico
• vão total

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese van, from Latin vādunt.

vão

1. inflection of ir:
   1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

• “vão” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “vão”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “vão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025