let's go

See also: lets go

English

Alternative forms

• less go, lessgo (pronunciation spellings)
• let us go (formal)

Pronunciation

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Phrase

let's go

1. Hortative of go, particularly as an cheer expressing encouragement.

   Let's go to the beach next Saturday.

   Let's go, team! C'mon!

2. Let us begin or get started. (a call to put a plan into action)
3. (colloquial) Hurry up; be quick.

   Let's go, practice starts in five minutes.

4. (colloquial) Bring it on. (an incitement to fight)

   You think you're so tough, huh? Let's go then!

5. (colloquial) Yay. (an expression of pleasure, joy, relief, or satisfaction)

   Our team is up two points already, let's go!

Usage notes

As a cheer, almost always expressed with an exclamation mark.

Synonyms

• (expression of encouragement): come on, c'mon, carn; add oil (chiefly Hong Kong)
• (hurry up): be quick, chop chop, come on, get a move on, hurry up, look lively, shake a leg,
• See also leggo

Derived terms

• let's go, Brandon

Related terms

• way to go

Translations

hortative of go

• Arabic: لِنَذْهَب (linaḏhab), دَعْنَا نَذْهَب (daʕnā naḏhab), يَلَّا (yallā), هَيَّا نَذْهَب (hayyā naḏhab)
• Armenian: գնանք (gnankʻ)
• Assamese: ব’ল (böl) (very familiar), ব’লা (böla) (familiar), ব’লক (bölok) (formal)
• Basque: goazen
• Belarusian: ідзём (idzjóm)
• Bikol Central:

  Bikol Legazpi: mari na, mos na

  Bikol Naga: madya na (bcl)

• Catalan: som-hi (ca), va (ca)
• Cherokee: ᎢᏁᎾ (inena) (for two people), ᎢᏕᎾ (idena) (for three people or more)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 走吧 (zǒu ba)

• Czech: pojďme (cs)
• Danish: lad os gå
• Dutch: laten we gaan
• Esperanto: ni iru
• Estonian: lähme, läki
• Finnish: mennään (fi), lähdetään (fi)
• French: allons (fr)
• Galician: vamos
• Georgian: მოდი წავიდეთ (modi c̣avidet), წავიდეთ (c̣avidet)
• German: gehen wir, lasst uns gehen, los geht's
• Greek: πάμε (el) (páme), άντε (el) (ánte)

  Ancient: εἶα (eîa)

• Hebrew: בא נלך m (bó nelékh), בואי נלך f (bó`i nelékh), הבה נלך (háva nelékh)
• Hindi: (casual) चलो (hi) (calo), (polite) चलें (hi) (calẽ)
• Hungarian: gyerünk (hu), menjünk (hu), induljunk
• Italian: andiamo (it)
• Japanese: 行きましょう (ja) (いきましょう, ikimashō) (polite), 行こう (ja) (いこう, ikō) (plain)
• Kalasha: پارِیک (parík)
• Khmer: ម៏ (km) (mɔ), តស់យើង (tɑh yəəŋ), យើងទៅ (yəəŋ toh), ទៅក៏ទៅ (tɨv kɑɑ tɨv)
• Korean: 갑시다 (ko) (gapsida) (formal), 가요 (ko) (gayo) (polite), 가자 (ko) (gaja) (plain)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: eāmus (la), vādāmus, abeāmus (la)
• Latvian: ejam (lv), iesim, dodamies
• Lithuanian: eime ("come along!")
• Low German:

  German Low German: laat uns gahn, gaht wi

• Malay: mari (ms), jom (ms)
• Maore Comorian: narendre, narendre dzatru
• Marathi: चला (calā), चल (cal)
• Navajo: sółtįʼ, tįʼ, tįʼę́ę
• Norwegian: la oss gå, vi stikker
• Palauan: dorael
• Persian: بیا بریم (biyâ berim)
• Polish: idźmy (pl), chodźmy (pl)
• Portuguese: vamos (pt), vamos lá (pt), bora! (pt)
• Romanian: să mergem
• Russian: идём (ru) (idjóm), пошли́ (ru) (pošlí) (colloquial, note the use of past tense), айда́ (ru) (ajdá) (interjection), идёмте (idjómte)
• Sanskrit: गच्छामस् (gacchāmas), गच्छामः (gacchāmaḥ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: идемо

  Roman: idemo (sh)

• Sicilian: amuninni, amunì
• Slovak: poďme
• Slovene: pojdimo
• Spanish: vamos (es), vámonos (es)
• Swedish: nu går vi, låt oss gå, kom så går vi, vi går, vi sticker, vi drar
• Tagalog: tara
• Tamil: செல்லலாம் (cellalām)
• Thai: ไปกันเถอะ (bpai gan tə̀), ไปกันเหอะ (bpai gan hə̀)
• Turkish: gidelim, haydi (tr)
• Ukrainian: йде́мо (jdémo), пішли́ (pišlý), хо́дімо (xódimo)
• Urdu: چلو (chalo) (informal), چلیں (chalẽ) (regional), چلیے (chaliye) (formal)
• Vietnamese: hãy đi
• Walloon: djans-è (wa), alans-è (wa), hay (wa)
• Welsh: awn ni
• Yoruba: jẹ́ ká lọ

expression of encouragement, cheer

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Ancient Greek: ἄγε (áge), ἄγετε (ágete)
• Arabic: يَااللّٰه (ya-llāh)
• Armenian: եկեք սկսենք (ekekʻ sksenkʻ); դավայ (davay) (colloquial)
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: som-hi (ca), vinga (ca), va (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 加油 (gaa¹ jau^4-2)

  Hokkien: 加油 (zh-min-nan) (ka-iû)

  Mandarin: 加油 (zh) (jiāyóu), 來／来 (zh) (lái), 干巴得 (gānbādei)

• Czech: do toho
• Dutch: kom! (nl), kom op! (nl), kom aan! (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: anna mennä
• French: allez (fr), vas-y (fr), insister (fr), envoye (fr) (Quebec slang), enweye (Quebec slang)
• Galician: adiante (gl)
• German: los! (de), nun (de), dalli (de), Komm schon!, Geh Schon!, Mach schon!, Los geht's!, Auf geht's!, auf geht's, Nichts wie hin!
• Hebrew: יאללה (he) (yálla)
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Icelandic: áfram (is)
• Irish: seo leat
• Italian: forza (it), dai (it), andiamo (it)
• Japanese: さあ (ja) (sā), ねえ (nē), 頑張る (ja) (ganbaru), がんばれ (ganbare), 頑張って (ganbatte)
• Kazakh: алға (alğa)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 화이팅 (ko) (hwaiting), 파이팅 (ko) (paiting), 와봐 (wabwa)
• Latin: anima (la), animate pl, gradiamur, eamus (la), vadamus, incita, incitate pl, excita, excitate pl, hortare, hortamini pl, adhortare, adhortamini pl, aude, audete pl
• Latvian: iesim, ejam (lv), doties
• Lithuanian: ateik (lt), eikime (lt), nagi
• Macedonian: ајде (ajde)
• Malay: ayuh (ms), mari (ms)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: د برو (de borow), یالّا (yâllâ), ای بابا
• Polish: dalej (pl), dawaj, hajda (pl) (attack), nuże (archaic), no (pl), odwagi (bookish), dalejże (bookish), hajże (archaic), cho (pl), weź, huzia (attack), hajże (attack), jazda (pl)
• Portuguese: vai! (pt), vamos! (pt), vamos (pt)
• Romanian: haide! (ro)
• Russian: дава́йте (ru) (davájte) (formal), дава́й (ru) (daváj) (informal), иди́! (ru) (idí!), живе́й! (ru) (živéj!), ну́ же! (nú že!), айда́ (ru) (ajdá)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ајде

  Roman: ajde (sh)

• Spanish: ¡vamos! (es), ¡ándale! (es), ¡venga! (es), vamos (es), dale (es)
• Swedish: kom igen, kom nu
• Thai: ไปกันเถอะ (bpai gan tə̀), มาเลย (mā ley)
• Turkish: gidelim!, haydi! (tr)
• Urdu: چلو (chalo)
• Vietnamese: hãy đi! đi nào!
• Welsh: ymlaen, dewch ymlaen

hurry up

• Arabic: هَيَّا (ar) (hayyā)
• Armenian: գնացինք (gnacʻinkʻ)
• Basque: goazen, bizkor, arin, agudo
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 快點／快点 (kuài diǎn)

• Czech: dělej, dělejte
• Dutch: schiet op (nl), kom (nl), kom op (nl), schiete op, kom nou
• Esperanto: ek (eo)
• Finnish: vauhtia, hop hop
• French: allez (fr), allons-y, on y va
• Georgian: დაუჩქარე (daučkare)
• German: beeilen Sie sich, Los geht's
• Greek: άντε (el) (ánte), γρήγορα (el) (grígora)
• Hebrew: יאללה (he) (yálla) (slang)
• Hindi: जल्दी करो c (jaldī karo) (casually), जल्दी करें pl (jaldī karẽ) (formal), जल्दी कर n (jaldī kar) (informal)
• Hungarian: siess, rajta (hu), gyerünk (hu), indulás (hu), nyomás (hu)
• Italian: muoviti (it) (informal)
• Japanese: 急いで (ja) (いそいで, isoide), 速く (ja) (はやく, hayaku)
• Marathi: लवकर चला (lavkar calā)
• Persian: بجنب (bejonb)
• Polish: dalej (pl), dalejże, ruszać się (pl)
• Portuguese: vamos logo, se apresse (pt)
• Romanian: haide (ro), grăbește-te
• Russian: пошли́ (ru) (pošlí), пошёл (ru) (pošól) (rude)
• Sicilian: amuninni, amunì
• Spanish: date prisa, apúrate (es)
• Swedish: skynda (sv), skynda på (sv)
• Turkish: acele et, acele et
• Urdu: جلدی کرو (jaldī karo) (informal), جلدی کریں (jaldī karẽ) (regional), جلدی کیجیے (jaldī kijiye) (formal)
• Vietnamese: mau lên, nhanh lên
• Yoruba: ó yá

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• Tz'utujil: ^{(please verify)} kho (the spelling is not verified, the contributor was taught the word by a native speaker illiterate in the language)

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