Dictionary
van
Meaning
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van (vehicle)
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈban/
Borrowed from English
van
Inherited from Latin
vadunt
New
ir
- to go (away from speaker and listener)
- to be suitable or apt for its purpose, to match or suit well (of clothing)
- to head towards or lead to a place away from the speaker
- to extend in time or space, from one point to another
- to play
- to approach or consider (something) from a specific angle, or to direct attention towards a particular goal
- denotes an ongoing action with a sense of progression or movement through space or time; to go on, to carry on
- an action or process is beginning to occur or unfold; to grow (dark), get (cloudy)
- (colloquial) used ironically with certain adjectives or passive participles
- used with the past participle of transitive verbs to indicate undergoing the action of the verb
- used with the past participle of reflexive verbs to indicate being in a state caused by the verb
- to be going to; used to convey the near future tense
- to be staked or bet in a dispute or competition (only used in the third-person singular present indicative form van to entice someone to engage in a bet)
- used with a hortative value to encourage or urge action; let's
- to habitually happen on a specific day or occasion; to habitually go
- used to describe the manner in which someone behaves or acts under specific conditions
- 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
- indicates the pursuit of a particular career or vocation
- to go fetch
- indicates adherence to a specific linguistic pattern or rules, like conjugation
- to come (towards or with the listener)
- to go away, to leave, to depart, to go (when the destination is not essential; when something or someone is going somewhere else)
- to leak out (with liquids and gasses), to boil away, to go flat (gas in drinks)
- to overflow
- to go out (lights)
- to finish, to wear out, to disappear (e.g. money, paint, pains, mechanical parts)
- to die
- (informal) to break wind, to fart
- (informal) to wet/soil oneself (i.e., urinate or defecate in one's pants)
- (vulgar) to come, to cum, to ejaculate, to orgasm
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Podría ser el científico Anton van Leeuwenhoek, un 🅰️ amigo del pintor 🧑🎨 residente en Delft.
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It could be scientist Anton van Leeuwenhoek, a friend of the Delft-based painter.