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Vacilando 

Vacilando is a Spanish term for the act of wandering when the experience of travel is more important than reaching the specific destination.

John Steinbeck (in Travels With Charley: In Search of America, 1962) wrote:

“ In Spanish there is a word for which I can't find a counterword in English. It is the verb vacilar, present participle vacilando. It does not mean vacillating at all. If one is vacilando, he is going somewhere, but does not greatly care whether or not he gets there, although he has direction.
- I am traveling through Siberia to Mongolia, if I use 2 or 4 months getting there, I don't care.
- Oh, you're such a vacilando!
Vacilando by Vacilando January 12, 2010
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vacilão 

Someone uttermost unreliable. Someone that only does (or is doing) stupid things.
vacilão by Advadva July 17, 2018
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“Vacilao” es una palabra utilizada en la costa caribe de Colombia (Santa Marta, Barranquilla) y se utiliza para decir que estas bien, cool, bacano.
Person 1: ¿hey que, como Estas?
Person 2: Bien aquí vacilao con mi ropa nueva
vacilao by luis d. September 16, 2020
adj. A type of fervent religious positivity.

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The pope thinks we can beat covid ... and cancelled Easter services. I admire his vaticando attitude.
vaticando by gnostic3 March 18, 2021