Meaning

  1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of ir:
  2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of ir:

ir

  1. to go (to move to a destination)
  2. (auxiliary) will; to be going to; forms the future tense
  3. (auxiliary) to keep on; to go on; ~ on; forms the continuative aspect
  4. (pronominal) to go; to leave; to depart
  5. to attend; to go to (to be present in an event)
  6. (intransitive) to go on until; to last to
  7. to do; to fare (to have a good or bad result)
  8. (intransitive) to be doing; formula used in greetings
  9. (pronominal) to be gone, be on the blink, on the fritz (depleted, destroyed; no longer usable)
  10. (euphemistic, pronominal) to leave (to die); to depart (to die)
  11. (intransitive) to go (to begin an action or process)
  12. (intransitive) to match; to go with (to form a good combination with)
  13. (intransitive) to like or tolerate
  14. (intransitive) to follow (to take into account when making choices)
  15. (intransitive) to range (to encompass values between two given extremes)
  16. (intransitive) to call (to match the amount of chips in the pot)
  17. (reflexive) to depart; to leave
  18. (euphemistic, reflexive) to pass away; to depart; to die

Concepts

Synonyms

vá lá

vamo lá

rumborimbora

rumbora

vai lá

bo

Translations

vaï

vai

Vai

Vai

vai

awaille

الفاي

enwoïe

Βάι

envoueille

Vai

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvaj/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vai, from vādit (present indicative), Latin vāde (imperative). Cognate with Galician vai and Spanish va.

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