ir

Meaning

  1. (intransitive) to go (away from speaker and listener)
  2. (intransitive) to be suitable or apt for its purpose, to match or suit well (of clothing)
  3. (intransitive) to head towards or lead to a place away from the speaker
  4. (intransitive) to extend in time or space, from one point to another
  5. (intransitive) to play
  6. (intransitive) to approach or consider (something) from a specific angle, or to direct attention towards a particular goal
  7. (intransitive) denotes an ongoing action with a sense of progression or movement through space or time; to go on (doing something), to carry on, to keep on
  8. (intransitive) an action or process is beginning to occur or unfold; to grow (dark), get (cloudy)
  9. (colloquial, intransitive) used ironically with certain adjectives or passive participles
  10. (auxiliary) used with the past participle of reflexive verbs to indicate being in a state caused by the verb
  11. (auxiliary) to be going to; used to convey the near future tense
  12. (intransitive) to be staked or bet in a dispute or competition (only used in the third-person plural present indicative form van to entice someone to engage in a bet)
  13. (intransitive) used with a hortative value to encourage or urge action; let's
  14. (imperfective, intransitive) to habitually happen on a specific day or occasion; to habitually go
  15. (intransitive) used to describe the manner in which someone behaves or acts under specific conditions
  16. (intransitive) indicates an inclination towards a particular profession or career path, especially one that is perceived in other people based on their current skills or personality
  17. (intransitive) indicates the pursuit of a particular career or vocation
  18. (intransitive) to go fetch
  19. (intransitive) indicates adherence to a specific linguistic pattern or rules, like conjugation
  20. (intransitive) to come (towards or with the listener)
  21. (reflexive) to go away, to leave, to depart, to go (when the destination is not essential; when something or someone is going somewhere else)
  22. (reflexive) to leak out (with liquids and gasses), to boil away, to go flat (gas in drinks)
  23. (reflexive) to overflow
  24. (reflexive) to go out (lights)
  25. (reflexive) to finish, to wear out, to disappear (e.g. money, paint, pains, mechanical parts)
  26. (reflexive) to die
  27. (informal, reflexive) to break wind, to fart
  28. (informal, reflexive) to wet/soil oneself (i.e., urinate or defecate in one's pants)
  29. (reflexive, vulgar) to come, to cum, to ejaculate, to orgasm

Concepts

go
travel
walk
🚶
move
ride
proceed
pass
lead
drive
fare
suit
run
go away
become
do
fit
get along
hike
leave
locomote
start

wend

wander
drag on
attend
go over
go to
happen
have
head
go forth
keep
last
come on
will
work to rule
lose
make out
come
collapse
pass through
blow
push off
put
ramble
range
blend in
blend
slow

change location

Synonyms

andar
B1
🚶
viajar
B2
marchar
B2
caminar
B1
🚶
salir
A1
partir
B1
pasar
A1
acudir
C1
moverse
B2
asistir
C1
proceder
C1
encontrarse
C1
dirigirse
C2
ponerse en camino
concurrir
montar
B2
ocurrir
B2
peregrinar
sentar
C1
💺
ser
A1
vagabundear
vagar
C2
ve
A1
venir
A1
arreglárselas
26k
caber
24k

dar pasos

esfumarse
favorecer
41k
fusionarse
largar
26k
menear
41k
transitar
vaya
A1

venir bien

vete
A1

moverse en masa

caminarse

ir de cacería

pegar
C1
jale
47k
aunar
tirar
B1
huelga de celo

se fue

se fue a

correr a prisa

bailar
B1
💃
casar
B2
coincidir
C2
Translations

aller
gehen
andare
ir
anar
fahren
gaan
marcher
🚶
ire

πηγαίνω

reisen

anar

gitmek
Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈiɾ/
Etymology

Inherited from Latin
Latin
eo
Inherited from Latin
Latin
vado
Inherited from Latin
Latin
sum
In summary

* Forms beginning with /b/ such as voy (“I go”) are inherited from Latin vādere (“to go”). * Forms beginning with /f/ such as fui (“I went”) are inherited from Latin esse (“to be”). * The imperative voseo form, andá, is a result of suppletion with andar (“to walk”). * Other forms are inherited from Latin īre (“to go”).

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