vamos

[ vah-mohs ]

interjection

1. let’s go! (used as an exclamation of encouragement or exhortation):

   Vamos, amigos!

Word History and Origins

Origin of vamos¹

First recorded in 1855–60; from Portuguese and Spanish, from Latin vādere “to go, walk,” used as the 1st-person plural present and imperative forms of ir “to go”

Example Sentences

This courageous act earned him a late-night knock on the door with orders for Serna to vamos from Cuba.

From The Daily Beast

He pointed to a clump of rocky boulders that lay isolated near one side of the plain—‘let us get there, comrade—vamos!’

From Project Gutenberg

If the defiance be accepted, Vamos alla is the answer—Lets go to it.

From Project Gutenberg

Vamos Inglesito,” shouted Sevilla, in a voice of thunder; “answer the monró in the crabbed Gitano.

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Vamos en su busca; que ella decida con libre albedro cul ha de ser el dichoso, cul el infeliz.

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Emelina—pero pronto, vamos pronto, a comer en casa, de modo que ya estn ustedes all antes del bautismo.

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