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GALICIAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

ir.

to go (to move to a destination)

2 characters1 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. to go (to move to a destination)

    A Maruxa vai na casa
  2. will; to be going to; forms the future tense

    auxiliary
    A Maruxa vai marchar
  3. to go; to leave; to depart

    pronominal
    A Maruxa foise.
  4. to work, function, run

    —Vai ou non vai? —Non vai.
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese ir, from Latin īre. The forms beginning with /b/ derive from corresponding forms of Latin vādere; those beginning with /f/ derive from corresponding forms of Latin esse, which are a result of suppletion with ser (“to be”).

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