Used to continue or proceed, also is a preposition like going on, ride something, talk or continue a conversation, even to criticize or complain.
Example:
1. children love to go on donkeys at the seaside.
2. there's something peculiar going on here.
go on a date vi | (go out with sb romantically) | salir⇒ vi |
Want to go on a date this Friday night? I'll pick you up at eight. | ||
Me dijo de salir el viernes. Me pasa a buscar a las 8. | ||
tener una cita romántica vtr | ||
No le ocasiones problemas para el viernes a la noche; tiene una cita romántica. | ||
go on a fishing expedition v | (general search for evidence of guilt, crime unspecified) | allanar⇒ vtr |
In the US, police are not allowed to go on a fishing expedition in your house without a search warrant. | ||
Allanaron la vivienda por orden del juez. | ||
registrar⇒ vtr | ||
No pueden registrar la vivienda sin una orden judicial. | ||
go on a journey vi | (travel somewhere) | ir de viaje loc verb |
The fortune teller said that I would be going on a journey soon - not difficult to predict since I was wearing my airline pilot's uniform. | ||
go on a tear v expr | US, slang (go on a spree) | estar en racha loc verb |
The home team went on a tear and won seven points in a row. | ||
El equipo local estaba en racha y ganó siete puntos seguidos. | ||
go on a trip vi | UK (take a short journey) | hacer una escapada vtr |
This weekend we are going on a trip to the countryside. | ||
Me encantan las escapadas sorpresa de fin de semana. | ||
hacer un viajecito vtr | ||
El fin de semana hacemos un viajecito a Areco. | ||
go on a trip | US (travel) | ir de viaje vi |
Last summer I went on a trip to Rome to see the Coliseum. | ||
El año que viene mis hijas irán de viaje a Perth a ver a sus primas. | ||
go on a wild goose chase v | informal, figurative (search in vain for sth) | buscar una aguja en un pajar fr hecha |
They told me that I could get the part in the junk yard but it turned out to be a wild goose chase. | ||
go on about vtr | slang (talk incessantly about) | no parar de hablar loc verb |
The teacher went on about the topic he had chosen regardless of the fact that many students were asleep. | ||
Aunque algunos invitados ya cabeceaban, el dueño de casa no paró de hablar sobre su último viaje. | ||
go on about vtr | slang (talk unintelligibly about) | desvariar⇒ vi |
An elderly person may go on about the past. | ||
A veces habla de su infancia y desvaría un poco, no le hagas mucho caso, cosas de viejos. | ||
España | dar la tabarra vtr | |
El abuelo Cebolleta siempre daba la tabarra con sus batallitas pasadas. | ||
go on and on about vtr | slang (talk incessantly about) | hablar sin parar⇒ vi |
She went on and on about the various celebrities she had met. | ||
Se pasa el día hablando sin parar de aquella vez que salió con leo DiCaprio. | ||
España, fam | calentar la cabeza vtr | |
Me calentó la cabeza con toda aquella cháchara sin sentido. | ||
go on board | subir a bordo v | |
go on forever vi | literal (never end) | no terminar nunca loc verb |
De algo que no termina nunca se dice que es eterno. | ||
go on forever vi | figurative (seem to be unending) | parecer no terminar nunca loc verb |
Sus clases eran muy pesadas, parecían no terminar nunca. | ||
go on leave vi | (take time off work) Argentina | tomar licencia loc verb |
The soldier will go on leave next week to visit his family. | ||
El año pasado sólo tomé una semana de licencia, este año me voy a tomar cuatro. | ||
go on safari | ir de safari v | |
go on stage vi | (perform, act publicly) | salir a escena loc verb |
You are such a comedian, you should go on stage. | ||
ser actor loc verb | ||
Sos un cómico excepcional, deberías ser actor. | ||
go on stage vi | (become performer) | debutar⇒ vi |
John went on stage when he was barely 12 years old. | ||
salir a escena por primera vez loc verb | ||
go on strike vi | (stop work in protest at sth) | ponerse en huelga loc verb |
The workers went on strike due to a decrease in their wages. | ||
Los trabajadores se pusieron en huelga cuando les redujeron el sueldo. | ||
go on the piss v | UK, slang, vulgar (visit pubs or bars to get drunk) España | ir de pedo |
Ya no tengo edad para ir de pedo de bar en bar. | ||
ir(se) de copas loc verb | ||
Los sábados se va siempre de copas y vuelve borracho como una cuba. | ||
go on to do sth v | (do sth subsequently) | continuar (haciendo) vi |
He went to University at 13, gained a PhD a 18, and went on to win a Nobel Prize by the age of 25. | ||
Empezó bien y continuó haciéndolo bien hasta el final. | ||
go on with vtr phrasal 3-part | (continue to do or say) | continuar con, seguir con loc verb |
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