Vamos a ver el concierto en directo en el portátil.

We are going to watch the concert live on the laptop.

Breakdown of Vamos a ver el concierto en directo en el portátil.

• nosotros: we
• ir: to go
• a: to
• en: on

Questions & Answers about Vamos a ver el concierto en directo en el portátil.

In vamos a ver, what is the function of vamos a + infinitive? Is this the same as the future tense veremos?

Vamos a ver is an example of ir (present) + a + infinitive, a very common way to talk about the near or planned future.

• Vamos a ver el concierto… ≈ “We’re going to watch the concert…”
• Veremos el concierto… ≈ “We will watch the concert…”

Both are grammatically correct, but:

• Vamos a ver sounds more immediate, planned, or decided (like “we’re gonna watch” / “we’re going to watch”).
• Veremos can sound a bit more formal or distant, and sometimes more like a prediction.

In everyday spoken Spanish (especially in Spain), ir a + infinitive is extremely frequent for future plans, more so than the simple future tense in many contexts.

Does vamos a ver here mean the filler expression “let’s see / okay, let’s have a look”, or is it purely literal?

It’s literal here: “we are going to watch (see) the concert…”.

The expression vamos a ver can also be used as a discourse marker, similar to “let’s see / now then / okay, look”:

• Vamos a ver, ¿qué podemos hacer? – “Let’s see, what can we do?”

You know it’s literal in the sentence Vamos a ver el concierto en directo en el portátil because it is immediately followed by a direct object (el concierto). When it’s a filler, it usually stands alone or is followed by a clause you’re about to evaluate or explain, not a direct object noun phrase.