Polyglot Dictionary

vaivém

/vajˈvẽj/

o noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os vaivéns

Meaning

  1. comings and goings

    Built from vai (goes (from ir)) + vem (comes (from vir)).

    • Havia um vaivém de gente.

      There was a stream of people coming and going.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • vai goes (from ir)
  • vem comes (from vir)

Practice

1 What does vaivém mean?

2 Fill the gap: Havia um ___ de gente.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches vaivém?

nouncompound

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