go back(
go
bahk
)An intransitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and does not require a direct object (e.g. Everybody please stand up.).
intransitive verb phrase
1. (to return)
c. regresarse
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
(Latin America)
I have to go back to the hotel to get my luggage before 6 pm.Tengo que regresarme al hotel para recoger mi equipaje antes de las 6 pm.
2. (to return to a previous time)
a. volver atrás
I acted like such an idiot. I wish I could go back.Me porté como un verdadero imbécil. Ojalá pudiera volver atrás.
b. volverse atrás
They had taken a crucial step, and they knew there was no going back.Habían dado un paso decisivo y sabían que no existía la posibilidad de volverse atrás.
3. (to have common history)
a. conocerse desde hace tiempo
Adam and I go way back. We went to elementary school together.Adam y yo nos conocemos desde hace mucho tiempo. Hicimos juntos la primaria.
4. (to take up in a conversation)
a. volver
To go back to what you were saying about your children, mine do the exact same thing.Volviendo a lo que me decías de tus hijos, los míos hacen exactamente lo mismo.
5. (to be reunited)
a. volver
I don't know why she went back to her girlfriend. She treated her really poorly.No sé por que volvió con su novia. Se portó muy mal con ella.
6. (to date)
a. remontarse
The origins of the castle go back to the 12th century.Los orígenes del castillo se remontan al siglo XXII.
7. (to change time)
a. atrasarse
Do the clocks go back an hour tonight, or tomorrow night?¿Es esta noche cuando se atrasan los relojes una hora, o es mañana por la noche?
8. (to extend)
go back
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
1. (return)
a. volver
to go back to doing somethingvolver a hacer algo
to go back to one's old waysvolver a las andadas
2. (date back)
a.
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
no direct translation
to go back toremontarse a, datar de
3. (colloquial)
a.
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
no direct translation
we go back a long waynos conocemos desde hace mucho tiempo
go back
verb:intransitive:plus_adverb
1 (return) volver; regresar;to a
to go back home volver or regresar a casa
when do the schools go back? ¿cuándo empieza el colegio?
the strikers have voted to go back to work los huelguistas han votado en favor de volver al trabajo
he's gone back to his wife ha vuelto con su mujer; this dress will have to go back (to the shop) habrá que devolver este vestido; going back to the point you raised earlier, ... volviendo al tema que planteaste antes, ...; to go back to the beginning volver al principio
3 (extend) extenderse
the path goes back to the river el camino llega or se extiende hasta el río; the cave goes back 300 metres la cueva tiene 300 metros de fondo; la cueva tiene una extensión de 300 metros
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