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English
Verb
vamos
- 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
- first-person plural imperative of ir
- (reintegrationist norm) inflection of ir:
- first-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
- first-person plural imperative
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Verb
vamos
- inflection of ir:
- first-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
- first-person plural imperative
- (auxiliary, followed by infinitive) forms the analytic first-person plural imperative: let's
Vamos almoçar.- Let’s have lunch.
Interjection
vamos!
- let's go
- 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
- let's go!
- come on! (expression of encouragement)
Descendants
Verb
vamos
- inflection of ir:
- first-person plural present indicative
- first-person plural imperative
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