No. 3,155 in Spanish
va
"Va" means "goes" or "is going."
In a sentence
¿Va el autobús directo a la estación?
Does the bus go directly to the station?
In this sentence, 'va' is used as the third-person singular present tense of the verb 'ir', which means 'to go', indicating the bus's action of heading towards the station.
Ella siempre va al gimnasio por las mañanas.
She always goes to the gym in the mornings.
Here, 'va' is again used as the third-person singular present tense of 'ir', referring to the individual's habitual action of going to the gym in the mornings.
Si todo va bien, llegaremos a tiempo.
If everything goes well, we will arrive on time.
In this example, 'va' is used metaphorically to mean 'proceeds' or 'turns out' in context, describing the situation's progression.
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