ir.
to go (to move to a destination)
Meaning & usage
to go (to move to a destination)
Vamos a pé?
Eles foram ao centro comercial/shopping.
will; to be going to; forms the future tense
Vou comprar um sapato.
Nós não íamos fazer nada.
to keep on; to go on; ~ on; forms the continuative aspect
A água vai escorrendo até acabar.
to go; to leave; to depart
Os homens já se foram todos.
to attend; to go to (to be present in an event)
Sinto muito, não poderei ir à sua festa.
to go on until; to last to
A batalha foi até as duas da manhã.
to do; to fare (to have a good or bad result)
Fui muito mal em quase todas as provas.
to be doing; formula used in greetings
“Como vai?” “Vou bem, obrigado.”
to be gone, be on the blink, on the fritz (depleted, destroyed; no longer usable)
Porcaria! Minha TV se foi.
to leave (to die); to depart (to die)
Uma oração para os que já se foram.
to go (to begin an action or process)
Um, dois, três, vai!
O sinal verde ainda não foi!
to match; to go with (to form a good combination with)
Este casaco não vai bem com os sapatos.
to like or tolerate
Parece que ninguém vai comigo.
to follow (to take into account when making choices)
Vai pela razão, não pelos sentimentos.
Se a luz não acender, pode encontrar o livro indo pelo tato.
to range (to encompass values between two given extremes)
As perguntas iam do fácil ao difícil.
to call (to match the amount of chips in the pot)
to depart; to leave
to pass away; to depart; to die
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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