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vaya

go, go to, wow

Verb vaya

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of ir.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of ir.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted) present subjunctive form of ir.
  4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of ir.

Interjection vaya

  1. Expresses surprise: Wow!, Why, Oh!, Whoa!, Well!, Man!, Boy!
  2. Expresses dismay, worry, indignation or frustration: Gee!, Jeez!, Gosh!, Why, Man!, Oh dear!
  3. (before a noun) What a ...
    ¡Vaya coche que tiene tu hermana!
    What a car your sister has!
  4. (colloquial, at the end of a sentence) you know, like, y'know
    No me gustan las gambas, las almejas... El marisco, vaya.
    I don't like shrimp, clams... Seafood, you know.
  5. Go!, Leave!, Go away! (technically an imperative but can function as an interjection in this sense)

Noun vaya f (plural vayas)

  2. joke; taunt

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • No creo que vaya a ser tan fácil.

    I don't think it'll be that easy.

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  • No creo que le vaya a encontrar allí.

    I don't think he'll find you there.

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  • Oh vaya, eres veloz.

    Oh wow, you are fast.

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  • ¡Yo no creo que Dios quiera que yo vaya al trabajo!

    I don't think God wants me to go to work!

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  • Aunque Tom le rogó a Mary que no se vaya, ella se fue con los hijos a vivir con su madre.

    Even though Tom begged Mary not to go, she left with the children and went to live with her mother.

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  • Oh vaya, ella es veloz.

    Oh wow, she's fast.

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  • Su perro le sigue adonde vaya.

    His dog follows him wherever he goes.

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  • Tom no quiere que Mary vaya a Boston.

    Tom doesn't want Mary to go to Boston.

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  • No está permitido que nadie vaya allá.

    No one is allowed to go there.

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  • Mi perro me sigue adondequiera que vaya.

    My dog follows me wherever I go.

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