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go
[gəʊ] past tense went , past participle gone , plural -es
⬦ intransitive verb 1 [move, travel, attend] anar; where are you going? on vas?; he's gone to Portugal ha marxat a Portugal; we went by bus / train vam anar en autobús / tren; to go and do something anar a fer alguna cosa; where does this path go? on porta aquest camí?; to go swimming / shopping anar a nedar / de compres; to go for a walk / run anar a fer un passeig / a córrer; to go to church / school anar a missa / l'escola; to go to work anar a treballar; where do we go from here? i ara què? 2 [depart - person] anar-se'n, marxar; [- bus] anar-se'n, sortir; I must go, I have to go he d'anar-me'n; what time does the bus go? a quina hora surt / se'n va l'autobús?; it's time we went és hora d'anar-se'n; let's go! anem! 3 [pass - time] passar; the time went slowly / quickly el temps passava lentament / ràpid. 4 [progress] anar; to go well / badly anar bé / malament; informal use how's it going? [how are you?] què tal? 5 [belong, fit] anar; the plates go in the cupboard els plats van a l'armari; it won't go into the suitcase no hi cap a la maleta. 6 [become] posar-se; to go grey tornar-se gris; to go mad tornar-se boig; to go blind quedar-se cec. 7 [be or remain in a particular state] : to go naked anar despullat; to go hungry passar gana; we went in fear of our lives temíem per les nostres vides; to go unpunished sortir impune. 8 [indicating intention, certainty, expectation] : to be going to do something anar a fer alguna cosa; what are you going to do now? què faràs ara?; he said he was going to be late va dir que arribaria tard; it's going to rain / snow plourà / nevarà; I feel like I'm going to be sick em sembla que vomitaré; she's going to have a baby tindrà un nen. 9 [match, be compatible] : to go (with) anar bé (amb); this blouse goes well with the skirt aquesta brusa fa joc amb la faldilla; those colours don't really go la veritat és que aquests colors no fan joc. 10 [function, work] funcionar; is the tape recorder still going? [still in working order] encara funciona el casset?; [still on] encara està engegat el casset? 11 [bell, alarm] sonar. 12 [when referring to saying, story or song] dir; as the saying goes com diu el refrany; how does that song go? com fa aquesta cançó? 13 [stop working] espatllar-se; the fuse must have gone probablement han saltat els ploms. 14 [deteriorate] : her sight / hearing is going està perdent la vista / l'oïda. 15 [be spent] : to go on anar a parar a, gastar-se en; all my money goes on food and rent tots els diners se'n van en menjar i lloguer. 16 [be given] : the prize / contract went to B. Jones el premi / contracte es va concedir a B. Jones. 17 [be disposed of] : he'll have to go haurem d'acomiadar-lo; everything must go! gran liquidació! 18 informal use [with negative - in giving advice] : now, don't go catching cold ves amb compte que no agafis fred, eh? 19 informal use [expressing irritation, surprise] : now what's he gone and done? què carai ha fet ara?; she's gone and bought a new car! ha anat i s'ha comprat un cotxe nou!; you've gone and done it now! ja ho has embolicat! 20 [in division] : three into two won't go dos entre tres no hi cap. 21 [phrase] : it just goes to show (that) ? això demostra / prova que ?.
⬦ transitive verb [make noise of] fer; the dog went "woof" el gos va fer "bub!".
⬦ noun 1 [turn] torn masculine ; it's my go em toca a mi. 2 informal use [attempt] : to have a go at something intentar o provar alguna cosa; have a go! prova-ho! 3 informal use [success] : to make a go of something tenir èxit amb o en alguna cosa. 4 informal use to have a go at somebody esbroncar algú; informal use to be on the go no parar, estar molt enfeinat.
⬥ go
adverb 1 [remaining] : there are only three days to go només queden tres dies. 2 [to take away] per emportar.
⬥ go about
⬦ fused transitive verb 1 [perform] fer, realitzar; to go about one's business ocupar-se dels seus propis assumptes. 2 [tackle] : to go about doing something apanyar-se per fer alguna cosa; how do you intend go abouting about it? com penses fer-ho?
⬦ intransitive verb → go around.
⬥ go after
fused transitive verb anar a buscar, darrera de.
⬥ go against
fused transitive verb 1 [conflict with, be unfavourable to] anar en contra de. 2 [act contrary to] actuar en contra de.
⬥ go ahead
intransitive verb 1 [begin] : to go ahead (with something) seguir endavant (amb alguna cosa); go ahead! endavant! 2 [take place] celebrar-se.
⬥ go ahead with
intransitive verb procedir, portar a terme; she went ahead with her idea va portar a terme la seva idea.
⬥ go along
intransitive verb [proceed] : as you go along a mesura que ho vagis fent; he made it up as he went along s'ho inventava sobre la marxa.
⬥ go along with
fused transitive verb estar d'acord amb; he agreed to go along with our ideas va acceptar les nostres idees sense gaire entusiasme.
⬥ go around
intransitive verb 1 informal use [behave in a certain way] : to go around doing something anar fent alguna cosa. 2 [associate] : to go around with somebody ajuntar-se amb algú. 3 [joke, illness, story] córrer; there's a rumour go arounding around about her corren rumors sobre ella.
⬥ go away
intransitive verb marxar.
⬥ go back on
fused transitive verb [promise] faltar a.
⬥ go back to
fused transitive verb 1 [return to activity] continuar o seguir amb; to go back to sleep tornar a dormir. 2 [return to previous topic] tornar a. 3 [date from] remuntar-se a.
⬥ go before
intransitive verb [precede] precedir; we wanted to forget what had go beforene before volíem oblidar el que va passar.
⬥ go by
⬦ intransitive verb [time] passar.
⬦ fused transitive verb 1 [be guided by] guiar-se per. 2 [judge from] : go bying by her voice, I'd say she was French si jutgem per la seva veu, jo diria que és francesa.
⬥ go down
⬦ intransitive verb 1 [get lower - down prices etc.] baixar. 2 [be accepted] : to go down well / badly tenir una acollida bona / dolenta. 3 [sun] posar-se. 4 [tyre, balloon] desinflar-se.
⬦ fused transitive verb baixar.
⬥ go down with
fused transitive verb informal use [illness] agafar.
⬥ go for
fused transitive verb 1 [choose] decidir-se per, escollir. 2 [be attracted to] : I don't really go for men like him no m'agraden gaire els homes com ell. 3 [attack] llançar-se sobre, atacar. 4 [try to obtain - for record, job] anar per. 5 [be valid] valer per; does that go for me too? això va per mi també?
⬥ go in
intransitive verb entrar.
⬥ go in for
fused transitive verb 1 [competition, exam] presentar-se a. 2 [take up as a profession] dedicar-se a. 3 informal use [enjoy] : he go in fores in for sports in a big way practica molt esport; I don't really go in for classical music no em va la música clàssica.
⬥ go into
fused transitive verb 1 [discuss, describe in detail] entrar en; to go into details entrar en detalls. 2 [investigate] investigar. 3 [take up as a profession] dedicar-se a. 4 [be put into - subject: effort, money] invertir-se; [- into subject: work] ocupar-se, dedicar-se; a lot of hard work went into that book va dedicar molta feina a aquest llibre. 5 [begin] : to go into a rage posar-se frenètic; to go into a dive començar a caure en picat.
⬥ go off
⬦ intransitive verb 1 [explode - off bomb] esclatar; [- off gun] disparar-se. 2 [alarm] saltar, sonar. 3 [- bad - off food] malmetre's, espatllar-se; [- off milk] tallar-se. 4 [lights, heating] apagar-se. 5 [happen] : to go off (well / badly) sortir (bé / malament).
⬦ fused transitive verb informal use [lose interest in] perdre el gust o l'interès en.
⬥ go off with
fused transitive verb informal use : he went off with his best friend's wife va anar-se'n amb la dona del seu millor amic.
⬥ go on
⬦ intransitive verb 1 [take place] passar, ocórrer. 2 [continue] : to go on (doing something) seguir (fent alguna cosa); I can't go on! no puc més!; shall I tell you? - go on t'ho explico? - d'acord. 3 [proceed to further activity] : to go on to something / to do something passar a alguna cosa / a fer alguna cosa. 4 [proceed to another place] : we went on to a nightclub afterwards després vam anar a una discoteca. 5 [pass - on time] passar. 6 [- in advance] : you go on, I'll wait here segueix, jo t'espero aquí. 7 [heating etc.] encendre's. 8 [talk for too long] : to go on (about) no parar de parlar (de); don't go on about it deixa-ho, no segueixis amb això.
⬦ fused transitive verb [be guided by] guiar-se per.
⬦ exclamation vinga!; go on, treat yourself vinga, home! dona't el gust!
⬥ go on at
fused transitive verb [nag] donar la llauna a.
⬥ go out
intransitive verb 1 [leave house] sortir; to go out for a meal sopar fora. 2 [as friends or lovers] : to go out (with somebody) sortir (amb algú). 3 [light, fire, cigarette] apagar-se. 4 [stop being fashionable] passar de moda.
⬥ go over
fused transitive verb 1 [examine] repassar. 2 [repeat] repetir.
⬥ go over to
fused transitive verb 1 [change to] canviar o passar a. 2 [change sides to] passar-se a; to go over to the other side passar-se a l'altre bàndol. 3 radio & television connectar amb.
⬥ go round
intransitive verb 1 [be enough for everyone] : there's just enough to go round n'hi ha prou per a tothom. 2 [revolve] girar, donar voltes; → go around.
⬥ go through
⬦ fused transitive verb 1 [experience] passar per, experimentar. 2 [spend] gastar-se. 3 [study, search through] registrar; she went through his pockets li va examinar les butxaques. 4 [read] examinar llegint; [say out loud] enumerar, dir en veu alta; I'll go through it again ho repetiré.
⬦ intransitive verb [bill, divorce etc.] aprovar-se.
⬥ go through with
fused transitive verb portar a terme.
⬥ go towards
fused transitive verb contribuir a.
⬥ go under
intransitive verb literal use & figurative enfonsar-se.
⬥ go up
⬦ intransitive verb 1 [rise - up prices, temperature, balloon] pujar. 2 [be built] aixecar-se, construir-se. 3 [explode] explotar, saltar pels aires. 4 [burst into flames] : to go up (in flames) ser objecte de les flames. 5 [be uttered] : a shout went up from amongst the crowd van sorgir uns crits d'entre la multitud.
⬦ fused transitive verb pujar; we went up the Eiffel Tower vam pujar a la torre Eiffel.
⬥ go with
fused transitive verb [be included with] anar amb.
⬥ go without
⬦ fused transitive verb prescindir de.
⬦ intransitive verb apanyar-se.
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