Cheering for Spain
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Why is the word 'Vamos' used to cheer Spanish sportsmen or sports teams? Doesn't it literally mean "we (all) go"?
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updated Jul 5, 2012
posted by shyama
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Yes it does, but another meaning is "let's go." So if you think of it that way, it's a very common way to cheer for your team.
updated Jul 5, 2012
posted by unMica
Got it :)..thanks! :) - shyama, Jul 5, 2012
you're welcome : ) - unMica, Jul 5, 2012
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I don't think that a cheering "vamos" could be translated into English or any language that doesn't have a conjugation as inflected as the Romance languages conjugations. Curiously though, I wouldn't use the verb to go to do an approximation, but the exact opposite, to come, used as in come on, or a less similar "bring it on"
updated Jul 6, 2012
edited by diagonx
posted by diagonx
