vamos

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English

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Verb

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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

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  • 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Galician

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Verb

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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

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: va‧mos

Verb

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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

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vamos!

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

Synonyms

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Spanish

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbamos/ [ˈba.mos]
  • Rhymes: -amos
  • Syllabification: va‧mos

Interjection

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vamos

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

Descendants

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  • English: vamoose

Verb

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vamos

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

Further reading

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