Learn Spanish (Latin America): Vamos a revisar la carpeta roja.

Vamos a revisar la carpeta roja.

We are going to check the red folder.

Breakdown of Vamos a revisar la carpeta roja.

Questions & Answers about Vamos a revisar la carpeta roja.

Wait, doesn't carpeta mean carpet?

No, carpeta is a classic false friend—a word that looks like an English word but means something else entirely. It means "folder". If you want to talk about a carpet or rug on the floor, you would use the word alfombra.

Does revisar mean "to revise"?

It looks like it, but it usually translates to "to check", "to inspect", or "to review". If you want to say "revise" in the sense of studying for a test, you would generally use the verb repasar.

Since we are learning polite requests, how would I change this to say "Could we check the red folder?"

You would use the "we" form of poder (to be able to) in the conditional tense, which is podríamos. To make the polite request, replace vamos a with podríamos and keep the infinitive verb: ¿Podríamos revisar la carpeta roja?

Why do we need the word a between vamos and revisar?

Whenever you use the verb ir (to go) to talk about something you are going to do in the future, you must always link it to the next action with the preposition a. The formula is always ir + a + infinitive (unconjugated) verb.