Meaning
tramp, wanderer
- person without a permanent home who wanders from place to place; tramp or vagrant
- an idler or layabout
In a sentence
Un vecchio vagabondo dormiva su una panchina del parco.
An old tramp was sleeping on a park bench.
Quel ragazzo non lavora mai, fa la vita del vagabondo.
That guy never works; he lives like a layabout.
Non tutti i vagabondi scelgono liberamente di vivere per strada.
Not all vagrants freely choose to live on the street.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| vagabondo | masculine · singular |
| vagabondi | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- Can also function as an adjective meaning 'wandering' or 'vagrant'.