Vamos a dar una vuelta.

to go

Breakdown of Vamos a dar una vuelta.

• a: to
• dar una vuelta: to go for a walk

Questions & Answers about Vamos a dar una vuelta.

Why does vamos a + infinitive mean something like let’s here?

In this sentence, vamos a dar una vuelta literally looks like we are going to take a turn/a stroll, but in everyday Spanish it is very commonly used to suggest a joint action: let’s go for a walk / let’s go out for a bit.

So vamos a + infinitive can do two jobs:

• future meaning: We are going to...
• suggestion/invitation: Let’s...

Here, the context usually makes it clear that it is a suggestion.

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What form is vamos?

Vamos is the 1st person plural form of ir (to go) in the present tense:

• yo voy
• tú vas
• él/ella va
• nosotros/nosotras vamos

So grammatically, vamos means we go / we are going. In this expression, it helps create the idea let’s go and... or we’re going to...

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Why is there an a after vamos, and then another a in dar una vuelta?