go
[gəʊ] ( pt went, pp gone )intransitive verb Coniugazione
| 1. | [move, travel, attend]
Coniugazione ir
where are you going? ¿adónde vas? he's gone to Portugal se ha ido a Portugal we went by bus/train fuimos en autobús/tren to go and do something ir a hacer algo where does this path go? ¿adónde lleva este camino? to go right/left girar a la derecha/izquierda to go swimming/shopping ir a nadar/de compras to go for a walk/run ir a dar un paseo/a correr to go to church/school ir a misa/la escuela to go to work ir a trabajar where do we go from here? ¿y ahora qué? |
| 2. | [depart - person]
Coniugazione irse, Coniugazione marcharse [ - bus] Coniugazione irse, Coniugazione salir I must go, I have to go tengo que irme what time does the bus go? ¿a qué hora sale or se va el autobús? it's time we went es hora de irse or marcharse let's go! ¡vámonos! |
| 3. | [pass - time]
Coniugazione pasar
the time went slowly/quickly el tiempo pasaba lentamente/rápido |
| 4. | [progress]
Coniugazione ir
to go well/badly ir bien/mal how's it going? (inf) [how are you?] ¿qué tal? |
| 5. | [belong, fit]
Coniugazione ir
the plates go in the cupboard los platos van en el armario it won't go into the suitcase no cabe en la maleta |
| 6. | [become]
Coniugazione ponerse
to go grey ponerse gris to go mad volverse loco ( f loc a) to go blind quedarse ciego ( f ciega) |
| 7. | [be or remain in a particular state]
to go naked andar desnudo ( f desnuda) to go hungry pasar hambre we went in fear of our lives temíamos por nuestras vidas to go unpunished salir impune |
| 8. | [indicating intention, certainty, expectation]
to be going to do something ir a hacer algo what are you going to do now? ¿qué vas a hacer ahora? he said he was going to be late dijo que llegaría tarde it's going to rain/snow va a llover/nevar I feel like I'm going to be sick me parece que voy a devolver she's going to have a baby va a tener un niño |
| 9. | [match, be compatible]
to go (with) ir bien (con) this blouse goes well with the skirt esta blusa va muy bien or hace juego con la falda those colours don't really go la verdad es que esos colores no combinan bien |
| 10. | [function, work]
Coniugazione funcionar
is the tape recorder still going? [still in working order] ¿funciona todavía el casete? [still on] ¿está todavía encendido el casete? |
| 11. | [bell, alarm] sonar |
| 12. | [start]
Coniugazione empezar
ready to go listo ( f lista) para empezar |
| 13. | [when referring to saying, story or song]
Coniugazione decir
as the saying goes como dice el refrán how does that song go? ¿cómo es or dice esa canción? |
| 14. | [stop working]
estropearse
the fuse must have gone se ha debido de fundir el fusible |
| 15. | [deteriorate]
her sight/hearing is going está perdiendo la vista/el oído |
| 16. | [be spent]
to go on ir a parar a, gastarse en all my money goes on food and rent todo el dinero se me va en comida y alquiler |
| 17. | [be given]
the prize/contract went to B. Jones el premio/contrato le fue concedido a B. Jones |
| 18. | [be disposed of]
he'll have to go habrá que despedirlo everything must go! ¡gran liquidación! |
| 19. | (inf)
[with negative - in giving advice]
now, don't go catching cold y cuidado no cojas frío ¿eh? |
| 20. | (inf)
[expressing irritation, surprise]
now what's he gone and done? ¿qué leches ha hecho ahora? she's gone and bought a new car! ¡ha ido y se ha comprado un coche nuevo! you've gone and done it now! ¡ya la has liado! |
| 21. | [in division]
three into two won't go tres no es divisible por dos |
| it just goes to show (that)... eso demuestra or prueba que... |
go
[gəʊ] ( pt went, pp gone )transitive verb Coniugazione
| 1. | [make noise of]
Coniugazione hacer
the dog went ‘woof’ el perro hizo ‘¡guau!’ |
| 2. | (inf) [say] Coniugazione decir |
go
[gəʊ] ( pl goes )noun
| 1. | [turn]
turno m
it's my go me toca a mí |
| 2. | (inf)
[attempt]
to have a go at something intentar or probar algo have a go! ¡prueba!, ¡inténtalo! |
| 3. | (inf)
[success]
to make a go of something tener éxito con or en algo |
| to have a go at somebody
(inf)
echar una bronca a alguien
to be on the go (inf) no parar, estar muy liado ( f liada) |
to go
adverb
| 1. | [remaining]
there are only three days to go sólo quedan tres días |
| 2. | [to take away] para llevar |
go about
transitive verb inseparable Coniugazione
| 1. | [perform]
Coniugazione hacer, Coniugazione realizar
to go about one's business ocuparse uno de sus asuntos |
| 2. | [tackle]
to go about doing something apañárselas para hacer algo how do you intend going about it? ¿cómo piensas hacerlo? |
go about
intransitive verb Coniugazione
→ go around
go after
transitive verb inseparable Coniugazione
ir a por or detrás de
go against
transitive verb inseparable Coniugazione
| 1. | [conflict with, be unfavourable to] ir en contra de |
| 2. | [act contrary to] actuar en contra de |
go ahead
intransitive verb
| 1. | [begin]
to go ahead (with something) seguir adelante (con algo) go ahead! ¡adelante! |
| 2. | [take place] celebrarse |
| 3. | [in match, contest] ponerse por delante |
go along
intransitive verb Coniugazione
[proceed]
as you go along a medida que lo vayas haciendo
he made it up as he went along se lo inventaba sobre la marcha
go along with
transitive verb inseparable
estar de acuerdo con
he agreed to go along with our ideas aceptó nuestras ideas sin demasiado entusiasmo
go around
intransitive verb Coniugazione ,
go round
intransitive verb Coniugazione ,
go about
intransitive verb Coniugazione
| 1. | (inf)
[behave in a certain way]
to go around doing something ir por ahí haciendo algo |
| 2. | [associate]
to go around with somebody juntarse con alguien |
| 3. | [joke, illness, story]
Coniugazione correr (por ahí)
there's a rumour going around about her corren rumores acerca de ella |
go away
intransitive verb Coniugazione
| 1. | [person, animal]
Coniugazione irse
go away! ¡vete! |
| 2. | [pain] Coniugazione desaparecer |
go back
intransitive verb Coniugazione
| 1. | [return] Coniugazione volver |
| 2. | [clocks] Coniugazione atrasarse |
go back on
transitive verb inseparable
[one's word, promise] faltar a
go back to
transitive verb inseparable
| 1. | [return to activity]
Coniugazione continuar or
seguir con
to go back to sleep volver a dormir |
| 2. | [return to previous topic] volver a |
| 3. | [date from] datar de, remontarse a |
go before
intransitive verb
[precede] Coniugazione preceder
we wanted to forget what had gone before queríamos olvidar lo ocurrido
go by
intransitive verb Coniugazione
[time, people, vehicles] Coniugazione pasar
go by
transitive verb inseparable Coniugazione
| 1. | [be guided by] guiarse por |
| 2. | [judge from]
going by her accent, I'd say she was French a juzgar por su acento yo diría que es francesa |
go down
intransitive verb Coniugazione
| 1. | [descend] Coniugazione bajar |
| 2. | [get lower - prices, temperature, swelling] Coniugazione bajar |
| 3. | [be accepted]
to go down well/badly tener una buena/mala acogida |
| 4. | [sun] Coniugazione ponerse |
| 5. | [tyre, balloon] deshincharse |
| 6. | [be relegated] Coniugazione descender |
go down
transitive verb inseparable Coniugazione
Coniugazione bajar
go down with
transitive verb inseparable
(inf) [illness] Coniugazione coger, pillar, agarrar (Amér)
go for
transitive verb inseparable Coniugazione
| 1. | [choose] decidirse por, Coniugazione escoger |
| 2. | [be attracted to]
I don't really go for men like him no me gustan mucho los hombres como él |
| 3. | [attack] lanzarse sobre, Coniugazione atacar |
| 4. | [try to obtain - record, job] ir a por |
| 5. | [be valid]
valer para
does that go for me too? ¿eso va por mí también? |
go forward
intransitive verb Coniugazione
[clocks] adelantarse
go in
intransitive verb Coniugazione
Coniugazione entrar
go in for
transitive verb inseparable Coniugazione
| 1. | [competition, exam] presentarse a |
| 2. | [take up as a profession] dedicarse a |
| 3. | (inf)
[enjoy]
he goes in for sports in a big way hace un montón de deporte I don't really go in for classical music no me va la música clásica |
go into
transitive verb inseparable Coniugazione
| 1. | [enter] entrar en |
| 2. | [discuss, describe in detail]
entrar en
to go into detail entrar en detalles |
| 3. | [investigate] Coniugazione investigar |
| 4. | [take up as a profession] dedicarse a |
| 5. | [be put into - subj: effort, money]
invertirse [ - subj: work] a lot of hard work went into that book hay mucho trabajo invertido en ese libro |
| 6. | [begin]
to go into a rage ponerse frenético ( f frenética) to go into a dive empezar a caer en picado |
go off
intransitive verb Coniugazione
| 1. | [leave] Coniugazione irse |
| 2. | [explode - bomb]
Coniugazione estallar [ - gun] Coniugazione dispararse |
| 3. | [alarm] Coniugazione saltar, sonar |
| 4. | [go bad - food]
echarse a perder, estropearse [ - milk] Coniugazione cortarse |
| 5. | [lights, heating] Coniugazione apagarse |
| 6. | [happen]
to go off (well/badly) salir (bien/mal) |
go off
transitive verb inseparable Coniugazione
(inf) [lose interest in] perder el gusto a or el interés en or por
go off with
transitive verb inseparable
(inf)
he went off with his best friend's wife se largó con la mujer de su mejor amigo
go on
intransitive verb Coniugazione
| 1. | [take place] Coniugazione pasar, Coniugazione ocurrir |
| 2. | [continue]
to go on (doing something) seguir (haciendo algo) I can't go on! ¡no puedo más! shall I tell you? — go on ¿te lo cuento? — vale |
| 3. | [proceed to further activity]
to go on to something/to do something pasar a algo/a hacer algo |
| 4. | [proceed to another place]
we went on to a nightclub afterwards después nos fuimos a una discoteca |
| 5. | [pass - time] Coniugazione pasar |
| 6. | [go in advance]
you go on, I'll wait here tú continúa, yo te espero aquí |
| 7. | [heating etc] encenderse |
| 8. | [talk for too long]
to go on (about) no parar de hablar (de) don't go on about it déjalo ya, no sigas con eso |
go on
transitive verb inseparable Coniugazione
| 1. | [be guided by] guiarse por |
| 2. | [start]
to go on a diet ponerse a régimen |
go on
exclamation
¡venga!, ¡vamos!
go on, treat yourself ¡venga, hombre! ¡date el gusto!
go on at
transitive verb inseparable
[nag] dar la lata a
go out
intransitive verb Coniugazione
| 1. | [leave house]
Coniugazione salir
to go out for a meal cenar fuera |
| 2. | [as friends or lovers]
to go out (with somebody) salir (con alguien), pololear (con alguien) (Chile) |
| 3. | [tide] Coniugazione bajar |
| 4. | [light, fire, cigarette] Coniugazione apagarse |
| 5. | [stop being fashionable] pasarse de moda |
go over
transitive verb inseparable Coniugazione
| 1. | [examine] Coniugazione repasar |
| 2. | [repeat] Coniugazione repetir |
go over to
transitive verb inseparable
| 1. | [change to] Coniugazione cambiar or pasar a |
| 2. | [change sides to]
pasarse a
to go over to the other side pasarse al otro bando |
| 3. | RADIO |
go round
intransitive verb Coniugazione
| 1. | [be enough for everyone]
there's just enough to go round hay lo justo para que alcance para todos |
| 2. | [revolve] Coniugazione girar, dar vueltas → go around |
go through
transitive verb inseparable Coniugazione
| 1. | [penetrate] Coniugazione atravesar |
| 2. | [experience] pasar por, Coniugazione experimentar |
| 3. | [spend] gastarse |
| 4. | [study, search through]
Coniugazione registrar
she went through his pockets le miró en los bolsillos |
| 5. | [read]
examinar leyendo
[say out loud] Coniugazione enumerar, decir en alto I'll go through it again lo voy a repetir |
go through
intransitive verb Coniugazione
| 1. | [enter] Coniugazione pasar |
| 2. | [in competition] Coniugazione clasificarse |
| 3. | [bill, divorce etc] aprobarse |
go through with
transitive verb inseparable
llevar a cabo
go towards
transitive verb inseparable
contribuir a
go under
intransitive verb
(lit & fig) Coniugazione hundirse
go up
intransitive verb Coniugazione
| 1. | [rise - person, prices, temperature, balloon] Coniugazione subir |
| 2. | [be built] Coniugazione levantarse, construirse |
| 3. | [be promoted] Coniugazione subir |
| 4. | [explode] Coniugazione explotar, saltar por los aires |
| 5. | [burst into flames]
to go up (in flames) ser pasto de las llamas |
| 6. | [be uttered]
a shout went up from amongst the crowd unos gritos surgieron de entre la multitud |
go up
transitive verb inseparable Coniugazione
Coniugazione subir
we went up the Eiffel Tower subimos a la torre Eiffel
go up to
transitive verb inseparable Coniugazione
[approach] acercarse a
go with
transitive verb inseparable Coniugazione
[be included with] ir con
go without
transitive verb inseparable
prescindir de
go without
intransitive verb
apañárselas
