Locuciones verbales
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| go ahead of [sb/sth] vi phrasal + prep | (lead, overtake) | estar delante de, ir delante de, ir por delante de loc verb |
| | (en tiendas) | estar antes que loc verb |
| | The guide went ahead of the group and demonstrated how to maneuver through the cave. |
| go along vi phrasal | (move, advance) (coloquial) | ir vi |
| | Until yesterday, things had been going along quite nicely. |
| | We were going along at about 30 mph. |
| | Hasta ayer, las cosas iban bastante bien. |
| go along vi phrasal | informal, figurative (consent, comply) (coloquial) | seguirle la corriente a alguien loc verb + prep |
| | | aceptar⇒ vtr |
| | Jeff wanted Rita to help him prank Martin, but she refused to go along. |
| | Jeff quería que Rita lo ayudara a hacerle una broma a Martin, pero ella se negó a seguirle la corriente. |
| go along with [sth] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (permit, consent to) | aceptar⇒ vtr |
| | I usually just go along with what she says to avoid any arguments. |
| | Generalmente acepto lo que dice para evitar una discusión. |
| go along with [sb/sth] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (support, agree with) | aceptar⇒ vtr |
| | | estar de acuerdo con loc verb + prep |
| | Rachel is happy to go along with Harry's suggestion. |
| | Rachel está contenta de aceptar la sugerencia de Harry. |
go around,
also UK: go round vi phrasal | (rotate, revolve) | girar⇒ vi |
| | | dar vueltas loc verb |
| | | rotar⇒ vi |
| | The baby watched the top go round and laughed. |
| | Each of the beautifully painted horses became visible as the carousel went around. |
| | El bebé miró el trompo girar y se rio. // Cada uno de los hermosos caballos pintados apareció al girar el carrusel. |
go around,
also UK: go round vi phrasal | (be shared by all) | para todos loc adv |
| | (cambio de sujeto) | alcanzar⇒ vi |
| | Do you think there'll be enough loaves and fishes to go around? |
| | ¿Crees que hay suficientes panes y pescados para todos? |
| | ¿Crees que estos panes y pescados alcanzarán? |
go around,
also UK: go round,
go about vi phrasal | (illness: be transmitted) (coloquial) | dar vueltas loc verb |
| | | circular⇒ vi |
| | There's a nasty strain of flu going around. |
| | Hay un terrible virus de la gripe dando vueltas. |
go around,
also UK: go round,
go about vi phrasal | (be in a state habitually) | ir por ahí loc verb |
| | | andar⇒ vi |
| | He goes around looking filthy. |
| | She goes about as if she owns the place. |
| | Él va por ahí con ese aspecto tan desagradable. |
go around,
also UK: go round,
go about vi phrasal | figurative, informal (circulate, spread) | correr⇒ vi |
| | | circular⇒ vi |
| | There's a rumour going round that you're cheating on Tim. |
| | Corre el rumor de que estás engañando a Tim. |
go around,
also UK: go round vi phrasal | informal (pay a visit to [sb]) (informal) | darse una vuelta por loc verb |
| | (informal) | pasarse por v prnl + prep |
| | I'll go round to your place when I'm done. |
| | Me daré una vuelta por tu casa cuando termine. |
| | Me pasaré por tu casa cuando termine. |
| go at [sth] vtr phrasal insep | informal (do energetically) (comida) | devorar⇒ vtr |
| | | acometer⇒ vtr |
| | (informal) | ir con todo, hacer con todo expr |
| | Chris was hungrily going at his food. |
| | Chris devoraba su comida con apetito. |
| go at [sb] vtr phrasal insep | informal (attack: [sb]) (informal) | venírsele encima a loc verb |
| | | irsele encima a loc verb |
| | | atacar a vtr + prep |
| | One of the men went at Ed with a knife. |
| | Uno de los hombres se le vino encima a Ed con un cuchillo. |
| go back vi phrasal | (return) | volver⇒ vi |
| | | regresar⇒ vi |
| | Frank left his wallet at home and had to go back to get it. |
| | Frank dejó la billetera en casa y tuvo que volver a buscarla. |
| go back to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (return to: a place) | volver a vi + prep |
| | | regresar a vi + prep |
| | I'd like to go back to Paris one day. |
| | Me gustaría volver a París algún día. |
| go back to [sb] vi phrasal + prep | (return: to partner) | regresar con vi + prep |
| | (informal) | volver con vi + prep |
| | Gina has decided to go back to her husband and try to make their relationship work. |
| | Gina decidió regresar con su marido y tratar de arreglar su relación. |
| go back to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (revert) | retomar⇒ vtr |
| | Ted seems to have gone back to his bad habits of drinking and gambling. |
| | Parece que Ted retomó sus malos hábitos de tomar y apostar. |
| go back vi phrasal | (clock: move back an hour) | retroceder⇒ vi |
| | In the UK, the clocks go back by one hour at the end of British Summer Time. |
| | En el Reino Unido, los relojes retroceden una hora al final de la hora de verano británica. |
| go back vi phrasal | (be in the past) | remontarse atrás v prnl + adv |
| | | remontarse⇒ v prnl |
| | My grandmother's memories go back a long way. |
| | Los recuerdos de mi abuela se remontan mucho tiempo atrás. |
| go back to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (be in the past) | remontarse a v prnl + prep |
| | That song goes back to the Second World War. |
| | Esa canción se remonta a la Segunda Guerra Mundial. |
| go back over [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (review, revise) | repasar⇒, revisar⇒ vtr |
| | Mick is going over his notes to prepare for the exam. |
| | Mick está revisando sus apuntes para prepararse para el examen. |
| go back over [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (events: recall) (eventos) | recordar⇒ vtr |
| | The police officer asked the witness to go back over what he had seen. |
| go back over [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (work: redo) (trabajo) | volver a hacer, hacer desde el principio loc verb |
| | | volver sobre un asunto, volver sobre un tema loc verb |
| | The teacher asked Rosa to go back over her essay and correct the spelling mistakes. |
| go backwards vi phrasal | (move in reverse) | retroceder⇒ vi |
| | The brakes failed on a hill and the car started going backwards. |
| go backwards vi phrasal | figurative, informal (make no progress) (figurado) | retroceder⇒ vi |
| | Gary feels that his career is going backwards. |
| | Gary siente que su carrera está retrocediendo. |
| go beyond [sth] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (exceed) | ir más allá de loc verb + prep |
| | | superar⇒ vtr |
| | To succeed, you must go beyond what the customer expects. |
| | Para tener éxito, hay que ir más allá de lo que espera el cliente. |
| go beyond [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (travel further than) | ir más allá de loc verb + prep |
| | | atravesar⇒ vtr |
| | She went beyond the border. |
| | Fue más allá de la frontera. |
| | Atravesó la frontera. |
Compound Forms:
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| go ahead and do [sth] v expr | informal (do [sth] without permission) (coloquial) | ir y vi + conj |
| | (sin permiso) | hacer⇒ vi |
| | Sarah's parents said she couldn't go to the party, but she went ahead and did it anyway. |
| | I didn't have time to ask my boss if she wanted me to deal with the problem; I just went ahead and did it. |
| | Los padres de Sara no la dejaban ir a la fiesta, pero ella fue y lo hizo de todas maneras. |
| | No tuve tiempo de preguntarle a mi jefa si quería que me ocupara del problema, así que lo hice. |
| go all in v expr | figurative, informal (take a big risk) | apostarlo todo loc verb |
| | | jugárselo todo loc verb |
| go all out v expr | informal (make a full effort) | darlo todo loc verb |
| | | dejarse la piel loc verb |
| | | ir a muerte vi + loc adv |
| | (AR) | dejar la camiseta loc verb |
| | If you want to win the contest, you'll have to go all out. |
| | Si quieres ganar el concurso, tendrás que darlo todo. |
| go all out to do [sth] v expr | informal (make a full effort) | darlo todo por loc verb + prep |
| | | hacer hasta lo imposible por loc verb + prep |
| | George went all out to impress his girlfriend. |
| | George lo dio todo por impresionar a su novia. |
| go all the way v expr | figurative, slang (have sex) (coloquial) | hacerlo v prnl |
| | (coloquial, eufemismo) | ir hasta el final loc verb |
| | He wanted to go all the way but she said no. |
| | Él quería hacerlo pero ella le dijo que no. |
| go all the way v expr | figurative, informal (completely fulfil expectations) | colmar las expectativas loc verb |
| | When I began searching for a new house, I didn't expect to find one that went all the way so quickly. |
| | Cuando empecé a buscar una casa nueva, no esperaba encontrar una que colmara mis expectativas tan rápidamente. |
| go amiss vi + adv | (go wrong) | mal adv |
| | | de forma errónea loc adv |
| | | de forma equivocada loc adv |
| | Something's gone amiss with my university application. |
| not go amiss v expr | UK, informal (be welcome) (aceptar positivamente) | ser bienvenido loc verb |
| Note: Usually preceded by "would" |
| | A cup of tea wouldn't go amiss. |
| | A bit of tact wouldn't go amiss if you don't want to cause offence. |
| | Una taza de té sería bienvenida. |
| go and do [sth] v expr | colloquial (proceed to do) | ir y expr |
| | Could you go and get some bread from the shop, please? If you see a crime being committed, you should go and tell a police officer. |
| | ¿Podrías ir y comprar algo de pan en la tienda, por favor? |
| go and do [sth] v expr | informal (do [sth] foolish) | ir y expr |
| | My stupid brother went and broke his leg the day before the race! |
| | ¡Mi estúpido hermano fue y se rompió la pierna un día antes de la carrera! |
| go and get [sth/sb] v expr | informal (fetch) | ir por vi + prep |
| | | ir a buscar loc verb |
| | Dan asked his son to go and get some milk from the local supermarket. |
| | Dan le pidió a su hijo que fuera por algo de leche al supermercado loca. |
| go ape v expr | informal, abbreviation, US (get very angry) | ponerse como loco loc verb |
| | (AR, figurado) | saltarle a uno la térmica loc verb |
| go apes*** v expr | vulgar, offensive, informal, US (get very angry) (coloquial) | ponerse como loco loc verb |
| | | enfurecerse⇒, enojarse⇒ v prnl |
| | (ES: coloquial) | cabrearse⇒ v prnl |
| | (AmL: vulgar) | emputarse⇒ v prnl |
go around [sth],
also UK: go round [sth] vi + prep | (encircle, surround) | rodear⇒ vtr |
| | I had grown so fat that none of my belts would go around my waist. |
| | Había engordado tanto que ninguno de mis cinturones podía rodear mi cintura. |
go around [sth],
also UK: go round [sth] vi + prep | (change path to avoid hitting [sth]) | darle la vuelta a loc verb |
| | | rodear⇒ vtr |
| | The radio advised of heavy traffic downtown, so we went around the city instead. |
| | La radio anunció que había mucho tráfico en el centro, así que mejor le dimos la vuelta a la ciudad. |
| go astray vi + adj | (deviate from correct path) | desviarse⇒ v prnl |
| | The hikers who went astray in the forest were found several hours later by a search party. |
| go astray vi + adj | figurative (person: deviate from what is right) | ir por mal camino vi + loc adv |
| | (informal) | perderse⇒ v prnl |
| | Marcia became a counselor in order to help teenagers who go astray. |
| | Marcia se convirtió en consejera para ayudar a adolescentes que van por mal camino. |
| go astray vi + adj | figurative, informal (item: become missing) | perderse⇒ v prnl |
| | | desaparecer⇒ vi |
| | Have you seen my hat? It's gone astray again. |
| | ¿Viste mi sombrero? Se me ha vuelto a perder. |
| go at [sb] fiercely v expr | (attack) | atacar con ferocidad a loc verb |
| | | saltarle encima con ferocidad loc verb |
| | The boxers were going at each other fiercely. |
| | Los boxeadores se atacaban con ferocidad el uno al otro. |
| go at [sth] fiercely v expr | (do energetically) | ir con todo loc verb |
| | | con todo adv |
| | Veronica went at her workout fiercely. |
| | Verónica fue con todo a su entrenamiento. |
| | Verónica entrenó con todo. |
| go at it v expr | informal (do [sth] intensely) | entregarse⇒ v prnl |
| | With just minutes of the final left to play, both teams were going at it. |
| | A solo minutos de terminar el partido, los dos equipos se entregaban. |
| go at it v expr | informal (argue) | pelear⇒ vi |
| | | discutir⇒ vi |
| go at it v expr | slang (have sex) (sexo, coloquial) | darle v prnl |
| go away vi + adv | (leave) | irse v prnl |
| | (coloquial) | largarse⇒ v prnl |
| | Margo told her son to stop disturbing her and go away. |
| | Margo le dijo a su hijo que dejara de molestar y se fuera. |
| go away! interj | (leave!) (coloquial) | ¡largo! interj |
| | (tú) | ¡vete!, ¡lárgate! interj |
| | (vos) | ¡andate!, ¡largate! interj |
| | (usted, formal) | ¡váyase!, ¡lárguese! interj |
| | I'm trying to do some work - go away! |
| | Estoy tratando de trabajar; ¡largo! |
| go away vi + adv | (take a trip) | irse fuera v prnl + adv |
| | | irse de viaje v prnl + loc adv |
| | Oliver is planning to go away this weekend. |
| | Oliver está planeando irse fuera este fin de semana. |
| go AWOL vi + adv | (military: go absent without leave) | ausentarse sin permiso loc verb |
| | The punishment for going AWOL is a dishonorable discharge. |
| go AWOL vi + adv | figurative, informal (go absent without permission) | ausentarse sin permiso loc verb |
| | Rob's gone AWOL again and the boss isn't amused. |
| go awry vi + adv | (stray off course) | desviarse⇒ v prnl |
| | The game ended when a ball went awry and hit a nearby window. |
| | El partido terminó cuando la pelota se desvió y le dio a una ventana. |
| go awry vi + adv | figurative (go wrong) | salir mal loc verb |
| | Something has gone awry with my email program. |
| | Algo salió mal con mi correo electrónico. |
| go back to doing [sth] v expr | (revert to doing [sth]) | volver a vtr + prep |
| | Sheila went back to using drugs. |
| | Sheila volvió a consumir drogas. |
| go back and forth v expr | (move to and fro) | ir de un lado para otro, ir de aquí para allá loc verb |
| | Mario was having treatment for cancer and was going back and forth to hospital. |
| go back and forth v expr | figurative (vacillate) | dudar⇒, vacilar⇒ vi |
| | (figurado) | dar vueltas loc verb |
| | Ian was going back and forth about whether this was the right thing for him. |
| go back in time v expr | (return to an earlier time) | volver el tiempo atrás expr |
| go back on a promise v expr | (break your word) | no cumplir con su palabra expr |
| | | faltar a su palabra expr |
| | I can't believe that you, my own brother, would go back on your promise to loan me the money. |
| | No puedo creer que tú, mi propio hermano, no cumplas con tu palabra y me prestes el dinero. |
| | | con cumplir con una promesa expr |
| go back on your word v expr | (not keep a promise) | no cumplir una promesa loc verb |
| | | incumplir una promesa loc verb |
| | Janice went back on her word to help me with the cooking. |
| | Janice no cumplió su promesa de ayudarme a cocinar. |
| go back to bed v expr | (return to bed) | volver a la cama loc verb |
| | When I saw it was raining outside I decided to go back to bed. |
| | Cuando vi que afuera llovía, decidí volver a la cama. |
| go back to school v expr | (return to school) | volver a clases loc verb |
| | | regresar a clases loc verb |
| | The children go back to school on 6th September this year. |
| go back to the drawing board v expr | (start planning again) | empezar de cero loc verb |
| | | comenzar desde cero loc verb |
| go bad v expr | informal (food: become rotten) | echarse a perder loc verb |
| | The fridge broke down and the food in it went bad. |
| | Se rompió la heladera y la comida se echó a perder. |
| | | pudrirse⇒ v prnl |
| | Se rompió la heladera y la comida se pudrió. |
| | | ponerse fea, ponerse mala loc verb |
| | Se rompió la heladera y la comida se puso fea. |
| go bad v expr | slang (person: start behaving immorally) (figurado) | echarse a perder loc verb |
| | She used to be a good girl but she went bad when she met that awful boy. |
| | Era una buena chica, pero se echó a perder cuando conoció a ese chico horrible. |
| | (figurado) | ir por mal camino loc verb |
| | Era una buena chica, pero se fue por el mal camino cuando conoció a ese chico horrible. |
| | (coloquial, figurado) | torcerse⇒ v prnl |
| | Era una buena chica, pero se torció cuando conoció a ese chico horrible. |
| go bag n | (pack of emergency items) | mochila de emergencia nf + loc adj |
| | | kit de supervivencia nm + loc adj |
| go bald vi + adj | (lose your hair) | quedarse calvo loc verb |
| | The idea of going grey doesn't bother me, but I'd hate to go bald. |
| | La idea de tener canas no me molesta, pero odiaría quedarme calvo. |
| | (AR, coloquial) | quedarse pelado loc verb |
| | La idea de tener canas no me molesta, pero odiaría quedarme pelado. |
| go ballistic vi | (become furious) | ponerse furioso, ponerse hecho una furia loc verb |
| | | perder los estribos loc verb |
| go bananas v expr | informal (become insane) (coloquial) | volverse loco loc verb |
| | The childminder brought out a tub of sweets and all the kids went bananas. |
| go bananas v expr | informal (become excited or angry) (coloquial) | volverse loco loc verb |
| | | ponerse como loco loc verb |
| | My parents went bananas when they found out I smoked. |
| go bankrupt vi + adj | (be insolvent) | quedar en bancarrota loc verb |
| | | declararse en quiebra loc verb |
| | | irse a la quiebra exp |
| | | arruinarse⇒ v prnl |
| | The company is deep in debt and is likely to go bankrupt soon. |
| | La compañía debe mucho dinero y probablemente pronto quede en bancarrota. |
| go before [sth/sb] vi + prep | (precede) | ir delante de loc verb |
| | The travel guides go before the tourist group. |
| | Los guías de viaje van delante del grupo de turistas. |
| go before vi + adv | (exist or happen previously) | preceder⇒ vtr |
| | This discovery eclipses everything that has gone before. |
| | Este descubrimiento eclipsa a todo lo que lo precedió. |
| go before the bar v expr | (appear in court) | comparecer para ser juzgado loc verb |
| | The prosecutor in the Smith case will go before the bar on ethics charges. |
| | El popular cantante está acusado de secuestro y deberá comparecer para ser juzgado la próxima semana. |
| | | presentarse a juicio loc verb |
| | (para ser juzgado) | comparecer ante el juez, comparecer ante la corte, ser llevado a juicio loc verb |
| | | responder ante la justicia loc verb |
| | Mi abuelo juez solía aterrorizar a los abogados jóvenes que se presentaban a juicio ante él. |
| | El fiscal del caso comparecerá ante el juez acusado de delitos contra la ética profesional. |
| | El fiscal del caso responderá ante la justicia por faltar a la ética profesional. |
| go begging vi | (ask strangers for money) | pedir limosna loc verb |
| | She sank so low that she had to go begging in the streets. |
| | Se hundió tanto que tuvo que empezar a pedir limosna en la calle. |
| | | pedir⇒ vtr |
| | Se hundió tanto que tuvo que empezar a pedir en la calle. |
| | | mendigar⇒ vi |
| | Se hundió tanto que tuvo que empezar a mendigar en la calle. |
| go begging vi | figurative, slang (be available without takers) | no tener comprador loc verb |
| | If that bottle of milk's going begging, I'll have it. |
| | Si esa botella de leche no tiene comprador, me la llevo. |
| | | no quererlo nadie loc verb |
| | Si nadie quiere esa botella de leche, me la llevo. |
| | | sobrar⇒ vi |
| | Si esa botella de leche sobra, me la llevo. |
| | | estar vacante loc verb |
| | Si esa botella de leche está vacante, me la llevo. |
| | (CL, coloquial) | no hacerle chupete expr |
| | Si nadie le hace chupete a esa botella de leche, me la llevo. |
| | (CR, coloquial) | no hacerle tiro a expr |
| | Si nadie le hace tiro a esa botella de leche, me la llevo. |
| go behind [sb]'s back v expr | figurative, informal (act without [sb]'s knowledge) | actuar a espaldas de expr |
| | | hacer a espaldas de loc verb |
| | Don't go behind her back; if you think she's wrong, tell her directly. |
| | No actúes a espaldas de ella; si crees que está equivocada, díselo directamente. |
go belly up,
go belly-up v expr | slang, figurative (fail, go wrong) | quedar patas para arriba expr |
| | If it weren't for the bail-outs several large banks would have gone belly up. |
| | De no ser por las ayudas, muchos bancos se hubieran quedado patas para arriba. |
| | (coloquial, figurado) | quedar en la lona expr |
| | De no ser por las ayudas, muchos bancos se hubieran quedado en la lona. |
| go below vi + adv | (go underneath deck of ship) | bajar⇒ vtr |
| | The captain gave his crew their instructions, before going below to his cabin. |
| | El capitán dio las instrucciones y la tripulación y bajó a su cabina. |
| go below [sth] vi + prep | (go underneath [sth]) | ir debajo loc verb |
go belt and suspenders,
UK: go belt and braces v expr | informal, US (take extra precautions) | tomar todas las precauciones posibles loc verb |
| go berrying v expr | (gather berries) | recoger bayas loc verb |
| | My family enjoys going berrying together and baking pies with what we find. |