ir

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to go

verbo

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intransitive verb

1. to go (en general)

ir hacia el sur/al cine -> to go south/to the cinema
ir en autobús/coche -> to go by bus/car
ir andando -> to go on foot, to walk
¡vamos! -> let's go!

2. (expresa duración gradual)

ir haciendo algo -> to be (gradually) doing something
va anocheciendo -> it's getting dark
voy mejorando mi estilo -> I'm working on improving my style

3. (expresa intención, opinión)

ir a hacer algo -> to be going to do something
voy a decírselo a tu padre -> I'm going to tell your father
te voy a echar de menos -> I'm going to miss you

4. (cambiar)

ir a mejor/peor -> to get better/worse

5. to work (funcionar)

la manivela va floja -> the crank is loose
la televisión no va -> the television isn't working

6. to go (desenvolverse)

le va bien en su nuevo trabajo -> things are going well for him in his new job
su negocio va mal -> his business is going badly
¿cómo te va? -> how are you doing?

7. to go (corresponder)

estas tazas van con estos platos -> these cups go with these saucers

8. to go, to belong (colocarse)

esto no va ahí -> that doesn't go o belong there

9. (gustar, convenir)

no me va el pop -> I don't like pop music (peninsular Spanish)
ni me va ni me viene -> I don't care one way or the other

10. (vestir)

ir en/con -> to wear
iba en camisa y corbata -> he was wearing a shirt and tie
ir de azul/de uniforme -> to be dressed in blue/in uniform
iba hecho un pordiosero -> he looked like a beggar

11. (vacaciones, tratamiento)

irle bien a alguien -> to do somebody good

12. (ropa)

irle (bien) a alguien -> to suit somebody
ir con algo -> to go with something
esta camisa no va con esos pantalones -> this shirt doesn't go with these trousers

13. (expresa apoyo)

ir con -> to support
voy con el Real Madrid -> I support Real Madrid

14. (comentario, indirecta)

ir por alguien -> to be meant for somebody, to be aimed at somebody

15. (película, novela)

ir de -> to be about (peninsular Spanish)

16. (informal)

ir de, ->
irla de -> to think oneself (persona) (peninsular SpanishRP)
va de listo -> he thinks he's clever
¿de qué vas? -> just who do you think you are?

17. (buscar)

ir (a) por algo/alguien -> to go and get something/somebody, to go and fetch something/somebody (peninsular Spanish)

18. (alcanzar)

va por el cuarto vaso de vino -> he's already on his fourth glass of wine
vamos por la mitad de la asignatura -> we've covered about half the subject

19. (expresiones)

fue y dijo que… -> he went and said that…
ir a lo suyo -> to look out for oneself, to look after number one
¡qué va! -> not in the least!, not at all!; (por supuesto que no) I'm afraid not; (me temo que no) don't be ridiculous (no digas tonterías)
ser el no va más -> to be the ultimate (peninsular Spanish)

irse

pronomial verb

1. to go, to leave (marcharse)

irse a -> to go to
¡vete! -> go away!

2. to go (gastarse, desaparecer)

se ha ido la luz -> there's been a power cut

also:

irse abajo -> to fall down; (edificio) to collapse; (negocio) to fall through (planes)

ir [eer]

verb neuter

1. To go, to move, not to stand still. (n)

2. To go, to walk (a pie), to move step by step. (n)

3. To be, to exist. (n)

4. To bet, to lay a wager. (n)

5. To consist, to depend on. (n)

6. To import (importar), to concern. (n)

Nada se me va en ello -> I have no concern in it, I do not care for it

7. To differ, to be different (differencia), to be distant. (n)

8. To lead (carretera). (n)

9. To devote oneself to a calling, to follow a profession: In this last sense it is used with por Ir por letras, to study letters. (n)

10. To proceed, to act. (n)

11. To decline a noun or conjugate a verb for another. (n)

verb reflexive

12. To go, to go off or go away (marcharse), to depart or remove from a place.

13. To be dying.

14. To go off, to go out of life, to be gone (morir).

15. To leak (recipiente), to ooze.

16. To exhale, to evaporate.

17. To discharge wind.

18. To break: to grow old.

Ir a caballo -> to ride
Ir agua arriba -> to work up stream
Ir a una -> to act with one accord, harmoniously
Ir y venir -> to turn something in one’s mind
Íresele a uno el alma por alguna cosa -> to long for
Irse de boca -> to speak without reflection
Ir (or andar) de capa cal'da -> to be crestfallen, to decline in fortune or credit
Ni va -> ni viene, indecision, want of resolution
Ir de campo -> to go on a picnic
Ir or irse a pique or por ojo -> (Naut.) to founder, to go to the bottom
Ir adelante -> to go on
Ir a pie -> to walk
Ir de una parte a otra -> to go up and down
Ir en contra de -> to go against
Ir en decadencia or ir empobreciendo -> to go down the wind
Ir en busca de or ir por algo -> to go for
Ir otra vez -> to go back or to go again
Ir separadamente -> to go asunder
Ir sobre seguro -> to go upon sure grounds
Ir tras la corriente -> to go down the stream
Ir bien or mal -> speaking of a business, it means that it is going prosperously or unprosperously
Ir con alguno -> 1. To be of the same opinion as another. 2. To be of the same party as another. 3. To accompany.
IÍsele a alguno la cabeza, to perturb the mind, to confuse the reason. ¿Quién va? or ¿quién va allá -> who is there
Vaya usted con Dios -> farewell; God be with you
Ir pagando -> (coll.) to pay by degrees
Ir pasando or mejorando -> to be recovering by degrees
Él se mete en lo que no le va -> ni le viene, he meddles in what does not concern him at all
Ir delante or por delante -> to go ahead
No hay que irse atrás -> flinch not
Mucho va de Pedro a Pedro -> (Prove.) there is a wide difference between man and man
A donde fueres -> haz lo que vieres, when you are in Rome, do as the Romans do
Irse los ojos tras de una persona or cosa -> to have an admiring eye, or longing after a person or thing; to look after it with anxiety
Me voy de con usted -> (CAM.) I'm leaving you
Ir hasta Córdoba -> to go as far as Cordoba
Va para viejo -> he's getting old
El enfermo va mejor -> the patient is better
Eso no va por ti -> (intención) I wasn't referring to you
Va mucho en esto -> a lot depends on it
Va para ingeniero -> (carrera) he's going to become an engineer
Vamos -> no es difícil, come now
Iban fumando -> they were smoking
Iba cansado -> he was tired
Vamos a hacerlo -> we are going to do it
Es hora de irnos -> it's time we went
Se nos fue hace 3 años -> he departed from us 3 years ago, he passed away 3 years ago

Ir joined to present participles implies the existence or actual execution of the action designated; joined with past participles it signifies to suffer their action; with the preposition a and infinitive mode, it implies disposition toward, as ir a misa, to go to mass; followed by con, it gives the noun an adverbial import, and accompanied by the preposition contra or fuera de, it signifies to persever, or act contray to., or who goes there?(Met). To treat or discuss, to look for.

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