vago

Definitions of vago
  1. noun
    someone who fails to meet a financial obligation
    synonyms: flojo
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    deudor
    a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt
  2. noun
    person who does no work
    synonyms: gandul, holgazán
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    remolón, roncero
    someone who wastes time
    ocioso
    someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
    ablandabrevas, calamidad, cantonero, follón, inútil, mequetrefe, pelafustán, trasto
    an idle worthless person
    badana, flojo, manta, perezoso
    a lazy person
    dormilón
    a person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour
    desaplicado, maula, picure, remolón, zángano
    a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)
    haragán
    an idle slothful person
    chanchullero
    a person without employment who makes money by various dubious schemes; goes about smartly dressed and having a good time
    frívolo
    one who behaves lightly or not seriously
    soñador
    a person who escapes into a world of fantasy
    rezagado
    someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place
    escaqueado, zanguango
    someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity
    tardón
    someone who moves slowly
  3. noun
    a disreputable vagrant
    synonyms: atorrante, polizón, vagabundo
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    indigente
    someone who sleeps in any convenient place
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    barco pesquero, bribón, gitano, golondrino, maleante, polizón, trainera, trotamundos, vagabundo
    a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
  4. noun
    a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
    synonyms: barco pesquero, bribón, gitano, golondrino, maleante, polizón, trainera, trotamundos, vagabundo
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    atorrante, polizón, vagabundo
    a disreputable vagrant
    indigente
    someone who sleeps in any convenient place
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    marginado, pobre
    a person with few or no possessions
    andariego, trotamundos, vagabundo, viajero
    someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
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