vamos

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English

Verb

vamos

  1. Obsolete form of vamoose.
    • 1854, Philip Paxton, A Stray Yankee in Texas, page 117:
      When he wishes to leave, he does not say with the Yankee, "Well, we'd better be a goin'," but "Let's vamos," or "Let's vamos the ranche."

References

  • 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Galician

Verb

vamos

  1. first-person plural imperative of ir
  2. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of ir:
    1. first-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
    2. first-person plural imperative

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: va‧mos

Verb

vamos

  1. inflection of ir:
    1. first-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
    2. first-person plural imperative
  2. (auxiliary, followed by infinitive) forms the analytic first-person plural imperative: let's
    Vamos almoçar.
    Let’s have lunch.

Interjection

vamos!

  1. let's go
  2. come on! (an expression of encouragement)

Synonyms

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin vādāmus, the present subjunctive form, replacing Old Spanish imos in the indicative. Compare the analogical form, vayamos, which is the Spanish present subjunctive form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbamos/
  • Rhymes: -amos
  • Syllabification: va‧mos

Interjection

vamos

  1. let's go!
  2. come on! (expression of encouragement)

Descendants

  • English: vamoose

Verb

vamos

  1. inflection of ir:
    1. first-person plural present indicative
    2. first-person plural imperative

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