Do you know this word without looking it up

[poppy]

If someone said to you the single word vámonos (without particularly inflection) would you understand what that person was indicating?

 

I'm not asking if you can diagram it in a sentence... just, would you know what to do / get the gist of it.

 

 

 

[magnificent_baby]

Yes, immediately. Thanks to Dora the Explorer. 

[marbel]

I thought I knew, but voted maybe, then looked it up.   I was slightly off - I had the root correct, but that's all. 

Edited August 18, 2016 by marbel

[EmilyGF]

Yes, but I'm from California.

[hornblower]

Yes, I know it though I hear vamos more & I'm not sure what the diff is exactly but I gather they're similar. 

Thanks Colombian Zumba instructors :)  I can sort of conjugate bailar a bunch of ways from singing along in Zumba too LOL 

[TranquilMind]

If someone said to you the single word vámonos (without particularly inflection) would you understand what that person was indicating?

 

I'm not asking if you can diagram it in a sentence... just, would you know what to do / get the gist of it.

 

Yes.

 

[Ethel Mertz]

Yes, but only because Spanish is my 2nd language.

[Guest]

Yes, but hard to live in Texas and not.

Edited August 18, 2016 by texasmom33

[Tap]

Yes, from Freshman Spanish class. 

[Greta]

Yes, I know it though I hear vamos more & I'm not sure what the diff is exactly but I gather they're similar. 

 

Thanks Colombian Zumba instructors :)  I can sort of conjugate bailar a bunch of ways from singing along in Zumba too LOL 

 

 

Sadly I'm not coordinated enough to take Zumba, but I learned the word bailamos from that Enrique Iglesias song back in '99 or so.  I still love that song!  :D

 

I've picked up a *few* Spanish words and phrases from living in New Mexico, and yes vámanos is a pretty common one if it penetrated even my stubborn brain.

[Katy]

Yes, but I don't know from where.  Probably Dora.  Was it used in the Roadrunner cartoons?

[prairiewindmomma]

Yup. 

[Farrar]

I've never taken Spanish, or Zumba, and I hate Dora. But I totally know it. I mean, there are probably about 25-50 Spanish words that are just in the ether of pop culture and that's one of them.

[Guest]

Yes, of course. I'd probably know even if I wasn't from a region that was massively populated by immigrants of both varieties.

[madteaparty]

I've never taken Spanish, or Zumba, and I hate Dora. But I totally know it. I mean, there are probably about 25-50 Spanish words that are just in the ether of pop culture and that's one of them.

This and also bc of the Obama version of it

[HRAAB]

Yup.

[mamakelly]

Yes

[MrsMommy]

Yes, immediately. Thanks to Dora the Explorer. 

 

This.

[Guest]

Yes, but I live 20 miles from the Mexican border. (LOL)

[KrissiK]

If I'm reading it right, isn't it Spanish for " --"?

Edited August 18, 2016 by KrissiK

[AnnE-girl]

I'm not sure of the exact translation, but my dad (Chicago-born of Irish background) would say it while trying to get us out of the house when we were kids. We were usually running late for church :-)

[TracyP]

No clue.

 

Once I looked it up I thought right away of vamoose, which is apparently originated from the Spanish vamos. I have never heard the word vamonos, however, and wouldn't have made that connection on my own.

[MEmama]

Yes. Grew up in California.

 

I agree it's one of those common words, like Hola or Gesundheit, that just meld into our everyday speech.

[pinkmint]

Come on vamanos, everybody let's go!

 

Come on let's get to it, I know that we can do it!

 

Where are we going *clap clap clap*

 

I sing this to my kids when I'm trying to get us out the door...

[KungFuPanda]

If I'm reading it right, isn't it Spanish for "REDACTED" ?

Spoilers!

[Crimson Wife]

I had a multilingual teacher in high school who used to hurry us along by saying (please forgive the likely horrible spelling): "Vamanos, allons-y, basta, schnell!"

[Mothersweets]

Yes, I'm from Arizona.

[alisoncooks]

C'mon, Vamanos!

Everybody ____ ____!

 

 

[hornblower]

I had a multilingual teacher in high school who used to hurry us along by saying (please forgive the likely horrible spelling): "Vamanos, allons-y, basta, schnell!"

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Plus andiamo

[Janeway]

No idea

[Janeway]

I had a multilingual teacher in high school who used to hurry us along by saying (please forgive the likely horrible spelling): "Vamanos, allons-y, basta, schnell!"

I know allons-y and schnell.

[happypamama]

Yes, without studying Spanish. I've just heard it occasionally, and I can make an educated guess on a fair amount of Spanish after studying French and Italian.

[kewb]

Yes, thanks to 4 years of high school spanish.  That is one of the few verbs I remember how to conjugate.  

[BarbecueMom]

Yep, getting ready to leave to go somewhere in high school or college with friends, one of us (usually the one driving) would say, "Vámanos, chicas!"

[Petrichor]

Yes, but I studied Spanish. I would expect most people to know "vamoose" but not necessarily "vamanos" unless they know who Dora is.

[UmMusa]

Yes

[JennSnow]

Yes..I've known, used and have heard this word used since I ws a kid...I grew up in Buffalo and don't speak Spanish, lol.

Edited August 18, 2016 by JennSnow

[SKL]

Yes, I took Spanish in high school.  I use it with my kids and siblings just for fun.  I also use the same phrase in other languages just for fun.  I am a little weird though.

[Guest]

I checked yes, and then checked myself and was glad I didn't have to change my vote.  I knew the root from 3rd grade Spanish and figured out the ending based on the years of teaching / learning Latin during homeschooling.  :0)  Hawt dawg!

 

[purpleowl]

Thank you for getting that Dora song stuck in my head. Really. I appreciate it. :p

 

Without Dora, I would have been able to make a pretty close guess because of having studied French (and Latin with DD).

[Wheres Toto]

Yes, took Spanish in high school but I think it's more from cartoons.  Who was the mouse that was really fast from the 70s/80s?  He would say it all the time.  And yeah, Dora.

[JustEm]

Yes, but I've taken 4 years of Spanish so it would be shameful if I didn't know.

[Onceuponatime]

Yes, but I lived in Puerto Rico for 4 years, took 3 years of high school Spanish, and married an Hispanic Texan.

[Callie]

Yes, took Spanish in high school but I think it's more from cartoons.  Who was the mouse that was really fast from the 70s/80s?  He would say it all the time.  And yeah, Dora.

 

Speedy Gonzalas(sp) maybe from the 70's I was born in '67 and remember it from a cartoon from my childhood.

[Lady Florida.]

Yes. It was one of the first words I learned in my Spanish book in high school in 1970. The dialogue included in the book used that word.

 

Also in the dialogue - 

 

Donde esta la biblioteca? - Community (tv show) has it right. It's one of the first phrases taught in a beginning Spanish class. Or at least it was 40+ years ago.  :)

Que hora es?

Albondigas seguro - In response to a question about what the school cafeteria would be serving for lunch. I don't remember how that question was phrased.

Edited August 18, 2016 by Lady Florida.

[heartlikealion]

Yes, but my mom is Mexican and we used to say it at home growing up (or maybe we just said "vamos"). I think most people should know it, regardless. But I also wouldn't bet on it lol. Just like I never took French but I know "bonjour."

 

 

[Guest]

I took French, but still could imagine what it must mean. But now that it's been mentioned, I do remember hearing it in Dora many years ago, and Speedy Gonzales did say that also.

[dirty ethel rackham]

I'm not sure of the exact translation, but my dad (Chicago-born of Irish background) would say it while trying to get us out of the house when we were kids. We were usually running late for church :-)

Yep!  I use it all the time.  Perhaps it is because I minored in Spanish in college.  I've said it to my kids since they were little, hoping that peppering my speech with Spanish phrases would help them want to learn.  One day, my oldest (then 18) stopped me and asked "So mom ... what does vámonos mean?.  You  say it all the time."  I could not believe that he had not figured it out in 18 years of me saying it (this is the kid who took Latin in high school and minored in Classics in college for fun.)  I asked him if he recalled when I would say it.  He said, "Yeah. When we are going somewhere."  Then he did the facepalm and figured it out.  Dd is in Spanish 3 in high school and only recently figured it out.  All this time she thought it was a word I made up.

[J-rap]

Yes, but I grew up in California too, and we were required to begin learning Spanish in 5th grade.  We even said the Pledge of Allegiance in Spanish!

[Beebug123]

I had a multilingual teacher in high school who used to hurry us along by saying (please forgive the likely horrible spelling): "Vamanos, allons-y, basta, schnell!"

 

My Dad did this...plus a few more. Basically every language he could say it in, he did. I had not thought about it in a very long time until this thread. He would also do it for washing hands, and when he answered the phone. There is another one, but I don't remember what it was. I say vamanos a lot with my girls lol