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ir.

to go (to move to a destination)

2 characters1 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈi(ʁ)/Brazil[ˈi(h)]Brazil/ˈi(ɾ)/São-Paulo/ˈi(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to go (to move to a destination)

    Vamos a pé?
    Eles foram ao centro comercial/shopping.
  2. will; to be going to; forms the future tense

    auxiliary
    Vou comprar um sapato.
    Nós não íamos fazer nada.
  3. to keep on; to go on; ~ on; forms the continuative aspect

    auxiliary
    A água vai escorrendo até acabar.
  4. to go; to leave; to depart

    pronominal
    Os homens já se foram todos.
  5. to attend; to go to (to be present in an event)

    Sinto muito, não poderei ir à sua festa.
  6. to go on until; to last to

    intransitive
    A batalha foi até as duas da manhã.
  7. to do; to fare (to have a good or bad result)

    Fui muito mal em quase todas as provas.
  8. to be doing; formula used in greetings

    intransitive
    “Como vai?” “Vou bem, obrigado.”
  9. to be gone, be on the blink, on the fritz (depleted, destroyed; no longer usable)

    pronominal
    Porcaria! Minha TV se foi.
  10. to leave (to die); to depart (to die)

    euphemistic · pronominal
    Uma oração para os que já se foram.
  11. to go (to begin an action or process)

    intransitive
    Um, dois, três, vai!
    O sinal verde ainda não foi!
  12. to match; to go with (to form a good combination with)

    intransitive
    Este casaco não vai bem com os sapatos.
  13. to like or tolerate

    intransitive
    Parece que ninguém vai comigo.
  14. to follow (to take into account when making choices)

    intransitive
    Vai pela razão, não pelos sentimentos.
    Se a luz não acender, pode encontrar o livro indo pelo tato.
  15. to range (to encompass values between two given extremes)

    intransitive
    As perguntas iam do fácil ao difícil.
  16. to call (to match the amount of chips in the pot)

    intransitive
  17. to depart; to leave

    reflexive
  18. to pass away; to depart; to die

    euphemistic · reflexive
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin īre. The forms beginning with /v/ 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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