vão

Meaning

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvɐ̃w̃/
Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vão, from Latin vānus (“empty”). Cognate with Galician van and Spanish vano.

Cognate with Galician
Galician
van
Cognate with Spanish
Spanish
vano
New
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

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