go/translations

This page contains translations for go. See the main entry for more information.

English

Etymology 1

Verb

Translations

walk — see walk

to move through space (especially from one place to another)

Afrikaans: gaan (af)
Akkadian: 𒁺 (alāku, DU)
Albanian: ecën
Altai:
Southern Altai: барар (barar)
Ambonese Malay: pi, pigi
American Sign Language: 1@NearHand-FingerUp-1@InsideChesthigh-FingerUp 1@NearHand-FingerForward-1@DistalInsideChesthigh-FingerForward
Arabic: ذَهَبَ (ar) (ḏahaba), رَاحَ (ar) (rāḥa)
Egyptian Arabic: راح (rāḥ)

Gulf Arabic: راح (rāḥ)

Hijazi Arabic: راح (rāḥ)

South Levantine Arabic: راح (rāḥ)
Aragonese: ir
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܵܙܹܠ (āzēl)
Armenian: գնալ (hy) (gnal), (dialectal) էթալ (hy) (ētʻal), (dialectal) երթալ (hy) (ertʻal)
Aromanian: njergu, nergu, imnu (roa-rup)
Arrernte:
Eastern Arrernte: alheme
Assamese: যা (za)
Asturian: dir (ast)
Avar: ине (ine)
Azerbaijani: getmək (az)
Basque: joan
Belarusian: (abstract, on foot) хадзі́ць impf (xadzícʹ), пахадзі́ць pf (paxadzícʹ), (concrete, on foot) ісці́ impf (iscí), пайсці́ pf (pajscí), (abstract, by transport) е́здзіць (jézdzicʹ), пае́здзіць pf (pajézdzicʹ), (concrete, by transport) е́хаць impf (jéxacʹ), пае́хаць pf (pajéxacʹ)
Bengali: যাওয়া (bn) (jaōẇa)
Borôro: kodu, tu
Brahui: darr
Breton: mont (br)
Bulgarian: оти́вам (bg) impf (otívam), хо́дя (bg) impf (hódja), вървя́ (bg) impf (vǎrvjá), я́здя impf (jázdja) (by transport) impf
Burmese: သွား (my) (swa:)
Catalan: anar (ca)
Chagatai: بارادو (bārādū)
Cherokee: ᎡᎦ (ega)
Chichewa: kupita, kuvaya
Chickasaw: aya, ayya, iyya
Chinese:
Cantonese: 去 (heoi³)

Dungan: чў (čw)

Eastern Min: 行 (giàng, hèng)

Hakka: 去 (hi)

Hokkien: 去 (zh-min-nan) (khì), 來去 / 来去 (zh-min-nan) (lâi-khì)

Mandarin: 去 (zh) (qù)
Cornish: mos
Crimean Tatar: ket
Czech: chodit (cs), (on foot) ^{(please verify)} jít (cs) impf, jet (cs), jezdit (cs), (by transport)
Dalmatian: andur, zer
Danish: gå (da)
Dutch: gaan (nl)
Egyptian:

(zj)
Eshtehardi: شوتَن (šutan)
Esperanto: iri (eo)
Estonian: minema (et)
Even: ӈэн- (ŋən-)
Evenki: ӈэнэдеми (ŋənəʒemi)
Faroese: fara
Finnish: mennä (fi)
French: aller (fr)
Old French: aler
Frisian:
North Frisian: gunge

West Frisian: gean (fy)
Friulian: lâ
Galician: ir (gl)
Gallurese: andà
Georgian: სვლა (svla)
German: gehen (de)
Alemannic German: gaa
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (gaggan)
Greek: πάω (el) (páo), πηγαίνω (el) (pigaíno)
Ancient Greek: ἀπέρχομαι (apérkhomai)

Ancient Greek: εἶμῐ (eîmĭ), ἔρχομαι (érkhomai), εἰμῐ́ (eimĭ́), ἦλθον (êlthon), βαίνω (baínō), βᾰδῐ́ζω (bădĭ́zō), πορεύομαι (poreúomai), βλώσκω (blṓskō) (Epic), ἐλαύνω (elaúnō), κίνυμαι (kínumai), κῑνέω (kīnéō), νέομαι (néomai), νίσσομαι (níssomai), ᾰ̓́γω (ắgō)

Mycenaean Greek: 𐀂𐀍𐀳 (i-jo-te)
Guarani:
Mbya Guarani: o

Paraguayan Guarani: ^{(please verify)} ho
Haitian Creole: ale, al
Hawaiian: hele
Hebrew: הָלַךְ (he) (halákh), נָסַע (he) (nasá), טָס (he) (tas)
Hindi: जाना (hi) (jānā)
Hittite: 𒄿𒄿𒀀𒀜𒋫 (i-ya-at-ta)
Hmong:
White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: megy (hu), jár (hu), halad (hu), utazik (hu)
Icelandic: fara (is)
Ido: irar (io)
Indonesian: pergi (id)
Ingrian: männä, käyvvä, lovata
Interlingua: ir, vader (ia)
Irish: téigh
Istriot: zì
Italian: andare (it)
Japanese: 行く (ja) (いく, iku), (honorific) いらっしゃる (ja) (irassharu), (humble) 参る (ja) (まいる, mairu)
Javanese: lunga (jv) (casual), kesah (semi-polite), tindak (polite)
Old Javanese: lunga
Jingpho: sa
Kabuverdianu: bai, bá
Kala Lagaw Ya: please add this translation if you can
Kambera: laku
Kannada: ಹೋಗು (kn) (hōgu)
Kashubian: jic
Kazakh: бару (kk) (baru), кету (ketu)
Ket: еиӈ
Khakas: парарға (pararğa)
Khmer: ទៅ (km) (tɨw)
Kituba: kwenda
Korean: 가다 (ko) (gada)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: چوون (ckb) (çûn), ڕۆیشتن (ckb) (royiştin)

Northern Kurdish: çûn (ku)
Kyrgyz: баруу (ky) (baruu), жүрүү (ky) (jürüü)
Laboya: kako
Ladin: jì
Ladino: ir
Lao: ໄປ (pai)
Latgalian: īt
Latin: eō (la), vādō, gradior (la), baetō, bītō, bētō
Latvian: iet (lv)
Lingala: kende, kokende, kɛndɛ
Linngithigh: liy
Lithuanian: eiti (lt)
Livonian: lǟdõ
Low German: gan (nds), gahn (nds)
German Low German: gaan (nds)
Lü: ᦂᦱᧈ (k̇aa¹), ᦺᦔ (ṗay)
Lushootseed: ʔux̌ʷ
Lutuv: cakuo
Luwian: 𒄿𒋾 (i-ti)
Luxembourgish: goen (lb)
Macedonian: оди impf (odi), иде impf (ide)
Malay: pergi (ms)
Malayalam: പോവുക (pōvuka), പോകുക (ml) (pōkuka)
Maltese: mar
Manchu: ᠶᠠᠪᡠᠮᠪᡳ (yabumbi)
Manx: immee
Marathi: जाणे (mr) (jāṇe)
Mazanderani: بوردن (boordan)
Middle English: gon, faren, waden
Mizo: kal
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: явах (mn) (javax)

Mongolian script: ᠶᠠᠪᠤᠬᠤ (yabuqu)
Murrinh-Patha: please add this translation if you can
Mwani: kuka
Nahuatl:
Classical Nahuatl: yauh
Nanai: энэури (eneuri)
Navajo: déyá
Neapolitan: i
Nepali: जानु (ne) (jānu)
Norman: aller
Norwegian:
Bokmål: reise (no), fare (no), dra (no)

Nynorsk: fara
Nuosu: (general) ꁧ (bbo), (downwards) ꒉ (yy), (upwards) ꆹ (li)
Occitan: anar (oc)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: (abstract) ходити impf (xoditi), (concrete) ити impf (iti)

Glagolitic: (abstract) ⱈⱁⰴⰹⱅⰹ impf (xoditi), (concrete) ⰹⱅⰹ impf (iti)
Old English: gān, faran
Old Norse: ganga, fara
Old Saxon: gān, gangan, wadan, faran, fōrian
Old Tupi: só
Oromo: deemuu
Ossetian: цӕуын (cæwyn)
Pannonian Rusyn: исц impf (isc) (concrete), ходзиц impf (xodzic) (abstract)
Pashto: تلل (ps) (tləl)
Pennsylvania German: geh
Persian:
Iranian Persian: رَفْتَن (raftan), شُدَن (šodan)

Old Persian: 𐎠𐎡𐎫𐎡𐎹 (a-i-t-i-y /⁠aitiy⁠/)
Piedmontese: andè
Pipil: yawi, yahui
Pitjantjatjara: ananyi
Polabian: x́üdĕt
Polish: (abstract, on foot) chodzić (pl) impf, (concrete, on foot) iść (pl) impf, pójść (pl) pf; (abstract, by vehicle) jeździć (pl) impf, (concrete, by vehicle) jechać (pl) impf, pojechać (pl) pf
Portuguese: ir (pt)
Punjabi: ਜਾਣਾ (jāṇā)
Quechua: puriy, riy (qu), rii, aiwai
Romanian: merge (ro), duce (ro)
Romansh: ir
Russian: ходи́ть (ru) (xodítʹ), идти́ (ru) (idtí) (on foot) impf, е́здить (ru) (jézditʹ), е́хать (ru) (jéxatʹ) (by transport) impf
Sanskrit: एति (sa) (éti), याति (sa) (yāti), गम् (sa) (gam), आचरति (sa) (ācarati), चरति (sa) (carati), गच्छति (sa) (gacchati), जिगाति (jigāti)
Sardinian:
Campidanese: andai

Logudorese: vaiare
Sassarese: andà
Scottish Gaelic: rach, falbh
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ѝћи impf

Latin: ići impf
Shan: ၵႂႃႇ (shn) (kwàa)
Sherpa: འགྲོ ('gro)
Sicilian: iri (scn), jiri (scn), annari (scn)
Sinhalese: යනවා (si) (yanawā)
Slovak: (abstract, on foot or by vehicle) chodiť impf, (concrete, on foot or by vehicle) ísť (sk) impf
Slovene: īti (sl), odíti (sl), hodīti (sl)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: (abstract, on foot) chójźiś impf, (concrete, on foot) hyś impf, (abstract, by vehicle) jězdźiś impf, (concrete, by vehicle) jěś impf; se póraś impf

Upper Sorbian: (abstract, on foot) chodźić impf, (concrete, on foot) hić impf, (abstract, by vehicle) jězdźić impf, (concrete, by vehicle) jěć pf
Spanish: ir (es)
Sumerian: 𒁺 (DU)
Swahili: gura (sw), kwenda (sw)
Swedish: gå (sv) (by walking), åka (sv) (by vehicle), resa (sv), fara (sv), ska (sv) (often the idiomatic translation of "be going" in the sense of intending to go somewhere – see the usage examples)
Sylheti: ꠎꠣꠃꠣ (zaua)
Tabaru: tagi
Tagalog: magpatuloy, pumunta, magpunta
Tajik: рафтан (raftan‍), шудан (tg) (šudan)
Tamil: செல் (ta) (cel), போ (ta) (pō)
Tatar: барырга (tt) (barırğa)
Tày: pây, càm
Telugu: వెళ్ళు (te) (veḷḷu), పోవు (te) (pōvu), వెళ్ళిపోవు (veḷḷipōvu)
Ternate: tagi
Tetum: la'o
Thai: ไป (th) (bpai)
Northern Thai: ᨻᩱ (pai)
Tibetan: འགྲོ ('gro), ཕེབས (phebs) (honorific), ཐད (thad) (honorific)
Tiwi: please add this translation if you can
Tocharian B: i-, (preterite stem') mäs-
Tofa: баар (baar), чоруур (coruur)
Tok Pisin: go
Turkish: gitmek (tr)
Ottoman Turkish: كتمك (gitmek)
Turkmen: gitmek
Tuvan: баар (baar), чоруур (çoruur)
Ugaritic: 𐎅𐎍𐎋 (hlk)
Ukrainian: (abstract, on foot) ходи́ти (uk) (xodýty), (concrete, on foot) іти́ (uk) (itý), йти (uk) impf (jty), піти́ pf (pitý), (abstract, by transport) ї́здити (uk) impf (jízdyty), пої́здити pf (pojízdyty) (concrete, by transport), ї́хати (uk) impf (jíxaty), пої́хати pf (pojíxaty)
Urdu: جانا (jānā)
Uyghur: بارماق (ug) (barmaq), كەتمەك (ketmek)
Uzbek: bormoq (uz)
Venetan: ndar (vec)
Veps: mända
Vietnamese: đi (vi)
Võro: käümä
Votic: menne
Walloon: aler (wa)
Warlpiri: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: mynd (cy)
Yakut: бар (bar), ис (is)
Ye'kwana: ütö
Yiddish: גיין (geyn)
Zazaki: şiyen
Zhuang: please add this translation if you can
ǃXóõ: sâa

leave — see leave

of a machine, to work

Catalan: funcionar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 運作 / 运作 (zh) (yùnzuò), 工作 (zh) (gōngzuò), 運轉 / 运转 (zh) (yùnzhuǎn), 運行 / 运行 (zh) (yùnxíng)
Czech: fungovat (cs)
Finnish: toimia (fi)
French: fonctionner (fr), marcher (fr)
Hungarian: működik (hu), jár (hu)
Italian: funzionare (it)
Japanese: 動く (ja) (うごく, ugoku)
Korean: 작동하다 (ko) (jakdonghada)
Ladino: fonksionar
Latin: labō
Macedonian: тера (tera)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gå (no), virke (no), være i gang
Polish: działać (pl)
Portuguese: funcionar (pt), andar (pt), ir (pt)
Romanian: funcționa (ro), merge (ro)
Swahili: gura (sw)
Swedish: gå (sv), fungera (sv)
Tagalog: umandar
Tamil: ஓடு (ta) (ōṭu)
Vietnamese: chạy (vi), vận hành (vi)

to take a turn

Czech: chodit (cs), šlapat (cs) (informal)
Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} preni sian vicon
Finnish: pelata vuoro, käyttää vuoro
German: dran (de) sein (de), ziehen (de)
Hungarian: lép (hu)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بڕۆ (brro)
Portuguese: ir (pt)
Russian: ходи́ть (ru) (xodítʹ)
Swahili: gura (sw)
Tamil: ஆடு (ta) (āṭu)

attend — see attend

extend — see extend

lead (tend or reach in a certain direction) — see lead

to become

Danish: blive (da)
Finnish: tulla (fi)
French: devenir (fr)
Hebrew: נעשה (ne'esá)
Hungarian: -ul (hu), -ül (hu), -odik (hu), -edik (hu), -ödik (hu), válik (hu), változik (hu)
Indonesian: menjadi (id)
Italian: diventare (it)
Japanese: なる (ja) (naru)
Ladino: devenir, devenirse
Latin: fīō (la)
Macedonian: станува (stanuva)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bli (no)
Polish: stawać się (pl), robić się (pl)
Portuguese: virar (pt), ficar (pt), tornar-se
Russian: станови́ться (ru) (stanovítʹsja)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: би̏ти

Latin: bȉti (sh)
Spanish: hacerse (es) (roles, professions), ponerse (es) (moods)
Swahili: gura (sw)
Swedish: bli (sv)
Tagalog: maging
Tamil: போ (ta) (pō)

to habitually be in a state

Finnish: olla (fi)
Hungarian: marad (hu)
Ladino: ir
Tagalog: maging

change — see change

turn out — see turn out

of time: elapse, pass — see elapse,‎ pass

to disappear

Arabic: ذَهَبَ (ar) (ḏahaba), زَالَ (zāla), اِخْتَفَى (ar) (iḵtafā)
Catalan: desaparèixer (ca), anar-se’n
Chinese:
Mandarin: 走 (zh) (zǒu), 消失 (zh) (xiāoshī)
Czech: odejít (cs)
Dutch: verdwijnen (nl), weggaan (nl)
Esperanto: foriri (eo)
Finnish: kadota (fi), mennä pois
French: s’en aller, (to go away) partir (fr), (to disappear) disparaitre (fr)
German: verschwinden (de), weggehen (de), fortgehen (de)
Hebrew: עזב (he) (azáv)
Hungarian: elmúlik (hu), eltűnik (hu), tűnik (hu)
Indonesian: lenyap (id), menghilang (id)
Italian: sparire (it)
Japanese: 見えなくなる (みえなくなる, mienaku naru), 去る (ja) (さる, saru), 消える (ja) (きえる, kieru)
Korean: 사라지다 (ko) (sarajida)
Ladino: despareser
Latin: ēsvānēscō, ēvānēscō
Macedonian: оди (odi), исчезнува (isčeznuva)
Mizo: chhuak, luang, kal bo, kalsan
Norwegian:
Bokmål: forsvinne (no), gå over
Old Saxon: wendian
Polish: znikać (pl), zniknąć (pl) pf
Portuguese: desaparecer (pt), sumir (pt), ir-se
Romanian: dispărea (ro)
Russian: исчеза́ть (ru) (isčezátʹ), пропада́ть (ru) (propadátʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: izčeznuti, propadnuti (sh)
Spanish: desaparecer (es)
Swahili: gura (sw)
Swedish: försvinna (sv)
Tagalog: mawala
Tamil: போ (ta) (pō)
Vietnamese: biến mất (vi)
Walloon: endaler (wa), si passer (wa) (pain), disparexhe (wa)

die — see die

to be destroyed

Catalan: destruir (ca)
Czech: odejít (cs), rozbít se
Esperanto: rompiĝi
Finnish: tuhoutua (fi)
German: kaputtgehen (de), kaputt (de) sein (de), ^{(please verify)} zerstört sein
Hebrew: נשמד (nishmád)
Hungarian: összeesik (hu), összeomlik (hu), betörik (hu), beszakad (hu)
Italian: distruggere (it), disintegrare (it)
Japanese: 崩れる (ja) (くずれる, kuzureru)
Ladino: ruvinarse
Latin: dēleō (la)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ødelegges
Portuguese: ir-se
Romanian: distruge (ro)
Russian: слома́ться (ru) (slomátʹsja), распада́ться (ru) (raspadátʹsja)
Serbo-Croatian: ràspasti (sh), slòmiti (sh)
Spanish: destruir (es)
Swahili: gura (sw)
Swedish: förstöras (sv)
Tagalog: masira, mawasak
Vietnamese: bị phá hủy

to be given; to be assigned or allotted

Finnish: mennä (fi)
Hungarian: jut (hu)
Tamil: போ (ta) (pō)

survive — see survive

to have final authority; to be authoritative

Finnish: päteä (fi)
Hungarian: érvényes (hu), elfogadott (hu), történik (hu)
Tamil: நட (ta) (naṭa)

to say

Catalan: dir (ca)
Esperanto: diri (eo)
Finnish: sanoa (fi)
French: faire (fr)
Hungarian: mond (hu), szól (hu)
Italian: dire (it)
Ladino: dezir
Latin: dīcō (la)
Macedonian: вика (vika), вели (veli)
Portuguese: dizer (pt)
Russian: говори́ть (ru) (govorítʹ), сказа́ть (ru) (skazátʹ)
Swahili: gura (sw)
Tamil: என் (ta) (eṉ), சொல் (ta) (col)

to make (a specified sound)

Catalan: fer (ca)
Czech: dělat (cs)
Esperanto: fari (eo)
Finnish: äännellä (fi), päästää (fi), sanoa (fi), (dialectal) panna (fi)
French: faire (fr)
German: machen (de)
Hebrew: עָשָׂה (he) (asá)
Hungarian: csinál (hu), hangot ad (hu), hangzik (hu), megszólal (hu)
Italian: fare (it)
Japanese: 鳴く (ja) (なく, naku)
Korean: 내다 (ko) (naeda)
Latin: faciō (la), agō (la)
Macedonian: прави (mk) (pravi)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: si (no)
Polish: robić (pl)
Portuguese: fazer (pt)
Romanian: face (ro)
Russian: говори́ть (ru) (govorítʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: на̀правити, ка́зати, гово̀рити

Latin: nàpraviti (sh), kázati (sh), govòriti (sh)
Spanish: hacer (es)
Swahili: gura (sw)
Swedish: ljuda (sv), låta (sv), säga (sv)
Tamil: எனும் (ta) (eṉum) (Literary Tamil), ங்கும் (ṅkum) (Spoken Tamil)

to fit

Armenian: սազել (hy) (sazel)
Danish: passe (da)
Finnish: sopia (fi)
French: aller (fr)
Hebrew: הלך (he) (halákh)
Hungarian: fér (hu), befér (hu), bemegy (hu)
Japanese: 通る (ja) (とおる, tōru)
Ladino: ir
Latin: vādō, eō (la), gradior (la)
Macedonian: проаѓа (proaǵa)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: passe (no)
Polish: pasować (pl)
Portuguese: caber (pt)
Russian: подходи́ть (ru) (podxodítʹ), годи́ться (ru) (godítʹsja)
Spanish: ir (es)
Swahili: gura (sw)
Swedish: passa (sv), gå (sv)
Tamil: போ (ta) (pō)

to belong; to have as its/their proper place

Finnish: kuulua (fi)
Hebrew: הלך (he) (halákh)
Hungarian: való (hu), megy (hu), tartozik (hu)
Japanese: 納まる (ja) (おさまる, osamaru)
Macedonian: оди (odi), одговара (odgovara)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ligge (no), høre til
Portuguese: ir (pt)
Swahili: gura (sw)
Tamil: இரு (ta) (iru)

to date

Catalan: sortir amb
Czech: ^{(please verify)} chodit (s někým)
Finnish: seurustella (fi)
French: sortir avec (fr)
Hebrew: יצא (he) (yatzá)
Hungarian: jár (hu), randevúzik (hu), randizik (hu)
Japanese: 付き合う (ja) (つきあう, tsukiau)
Macedonian: излегува (izleguva)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gå ut med, date (no), være sammen med
Portuguese: sair (pt)
Russian: встреча́ться (ru) (vstrečátʹsja)
Serbo-Croatian: ìzāći
Spanish: datar (es), salir (es) (con (es))
Swahili: gura (sw)
Swedish: gå ut (sv) (med (sv)), dejta (sv)
Tamil: ஒன்றாக இரு (oṉṟāka iru)

attack — see attack

to be in general

Finnish: olla (fi), toimia (fi)
Hungarian: szokott lenni

urinate, defecate — see urinate,‎ defecate

imperative: expressing encouragement or approval

German: los (de)
Hungarian: hajrá (hu), ez az, csak így tovább
Icelandic: áfram (is)
Swedish: heja (sv)
Tamil: போ (ta) (pō)

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Frisian:
West Frisian: ^{(please verify)} gean (fy)
Guarani:
Paraguayan Guarani: ^{(please verify)} ha (gn)
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} pergi (id)
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} ir, ^{(please verify)} vader (ia)
Mongolian: ^{(please verify)} явах (mn) (javax)