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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌiɾsele la ˈonda/
- Syllabification: ír‧se‧le la on‧da
Verb
írsele la onda (impersonal, third-person singular present se le va la onda, third-person singular preterite se le fue la onda, past participle le ido la onda)
- (colloquial, idiomatic, Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Cuba, Colombia, Bolivia, Chile) to lose the plot; to lose sight of an important objective or principle
El profesor está tan viejo que se le va la onda mientras enseña historia.- The professor is so old he loses the plot while he teaches us history.
- (colloquial, idiomatic, Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Cuba, Colombia, Bolivia, Chile) to forget
Quería llamarte pero se me fue la onda.- I wanted to call you but I forgot.
Usage notes
The pronoun le serves the function of indirect object, and thus can be replaced by the dative case of any personal pronoun, e.g.: se me va la onda, se te va la onda, se nos va la onda, etc..
Synonyms
Further reading
- “ir” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010