"que vaya bien" without 'le'

Question

Another question about 'le'. Here are my first two, which were answered beautifully. Gracias.

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This one is about "Que le vaya bien"... but without the 'le'.

As I understand it, the 'le' means "for you" or "to you"..

If you remove the 'le', as I understand it, the phrase would no longer work as a farwell. However, if you were talking about some event in the future that may or may not affect the person you are talking to, but wish to express that you hope it goes well, could you say "que vaya bien"? And would this translate roughly to "I hope it goes well" or "May it go well" ?

Is this something that people say?

Thanks

great question, joe :) - 006595c6, Aug 31, 2017

Answer 1

People could say "Que vaya bien". It's not common. It could mean I hope it goes well .

If possible don't use it so much. Or else say "Ojalá vaya bien."

Que vaya bien just by itself sounds odd. Either "ojalá", as you said or "espero que vaya bien" will work in the right context. - 00fac92a, Aug 31, 2017

true - polenta1, Aug 31, 2017

Answer 2

if you were talking about some event in the future that may or may not affect the person you are talking to, but wish to express that you hope it goes well, could you say "que vaya bien"? And would this translate roughly to "I hope it goes well" or "May it go well" ?

Absolutely!

Here in Spain quite often used.

Estamos haciendo de obras en la oficina. Pues que todo vaya bien...ya sabes, la gente no es de fiar.

Me voy a Alemania para ver los mercadillos de Navidad. ¡Qué todo vaya bien! Ya sabes, los ataques el año pasado ....