"vai" meaning in Portuguese

See vai in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈvaj/ [Brazil], [ˈvaɪ̯] [Brazil], /ˈvaj/ [Portugal], /ˈvaj/ [Portugal], /ˈbaj/ [Northern, Portugal], [ˈbaj] [Northern, Portugal] Forms: vae [alternative], vay [alternative]
Rhymes: -aj Etymology: Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vai, from vādit (present indicative), Latin vāde (imperative). Cognate with Galician vai and Spanish va. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|pt|roa-opt|vai|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Galician-Portuguese vai, {{inh+|pt|roa-opt|vai}} Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vai, {{inh|pt|la|vado|vāde|pos=imperative}} Latin vāde (imperative), {{cog|gl|vai}} Galician vai, {{cog|es|va}} Spanish va Head templates: {{head|pt|verb form}} vai
  1. inflection of ir:
    third-person singular present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: ir
    Sense id: en-vai-pt-verb-jdbSE8Fn Categories (other): Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 2 2 1 0 3 1 1 2 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 3 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 81 19
  2. inflection of ir:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: ir
    Sense id: en-vai-pt-verb-O0a8C2O4

Alternative forms

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