let's go

See also: lets go

English

Alternative forms

less go, lessgo (pronunciation spellings)
let us go (formal)

Pronunciation

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Phrase

let's go

Hortative of go, particularly as an cheer expressing encouragement.
Let's go to the beach next Saturday.

Let's go, team! C'mon!
Let us begin or get started. (a call to put a plan into action)
(colloquial) Hurry up; be quick.
Let's go, practice starts in five minutes.
(colloquial) Bring it on. (an incitement to fight)
You think you're so tough, huh? Let's go then!
(colloquial) Yay. (an expression of pleasure, joy, relief, or satisfaction)
Our team is up two points already, let's go!

Usage notes

As a cheer, almost always expressed with an exclamation mark.

Synonyms

(expression of encouragement): come on, c'mon, carn; add oil (chiefly Hong Kong)
(hurry up): be quick, chop chop, come on, get a move on, hurry up, look lively, shake a leg,
See also leggo

Derived terms

let's go, Brandon

Related terms

way to go

Translations

hortative of go

Arabic: لِ نَذْهَب (linaḏhab), دَعْنَا نَذْهَب (daʕnā naḏhab), يَلَّا (yallā), هَيَّا نَذْهَب (hayyā naḏhab)
Armenian: գնանք (gnankʻ)
Assamese: ব’ল (böl) (very familiar), ব’লা (böla) (familiar), ব’লক (bölok) (formal)
Basque: goazen
Belarusian: ідзём (idzjóm)
Bikol Central:
Bikol Legazpi: mari na, mos na

Bikol Naga: madya na (bcl)
Catalan: som-hi (ca), va (ca)
Cherokee: ᎢᏁᎾ (inena) (for two people), ᎢᏕᎾ (idena) (for three people or more)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 走吧 (zǒu ba)
Czech: pojďme (cs)
Danish: lad os gå
Dutch: laten we gaan
Esperanto: ni iru
Estonian: lähme, läki
Finnish: mennään (fi), lähdetään (fi)
French: allons (fr)
Galician: vamos
Georgian: მოდი წავიდეთ (modi c̣avidet), წავიდეთ (c̣avidet)
German: gehen wir, lasst uns gehen, los geht's
Greek: πάμε (el) (páme), άντε (el) (ánte)
Ancient: εἶα (eîa)
Hebrew: בא נלך m (bó nelékh), בואי נלך f (bó`i nelékh), הבה נלך (háva nelékh)
Hindi: (casual) चलो (hi) (calo), (polite) चलें (hi) (calẽ)
Hungarian: gyerünk (hu), menjünk (hu), induljunk
Italian: andiamo (it)
Japanese: 行きましょう (ja) (いきましょう, ikimashō) (polite), 行こう (ja) (いこう, ikō) (plain)
Kalasha: پارِیک (parík)
Khmer: ម៏ (km) (mɔ), តស់យើង (tɑh yəəŋ), យើងទៅ (yəəŋ toh), ទៅក៏ទៅ (tɨv kɑɑ tɨv)
Korean: 갑시다 (ko) (gapsida) (formal), 가요 (ko) (gayo) (polite), 가자 (ko) (gaja) (plain)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: eāmus (la), vādāmus, abeāmus (la)
Latvian: ejam (lv), iesim, dodamies
Lithuanian: eime ("come along!")
Low German:
German Low German: laat uns gahn, gaht wi
Malay: mari (ms), jom (ms)
Maore Comorian: narendre, narendre dzatru
Marathi: चला (calā), चल (cal)
Navajo: sółtįʼ, tįʼ, tįʼę́ę
Norwegian: la oss gå, vi stikker
Palauan: dorael
Persian: بیا بریم (biyâ berim)
Polish: idźmy (pl), chodźmy (pl)
Portuguese: vamos (pt), vamos lá (pt), bora! (pt)
Romanian: să mergem
Russian: идём (ru) (idjóm), пошли́ (ru) (pošlí) (colloquial, note the use of past tense), айда́ (ru) (ajdá) (interjection), идёмте (idjómte)
Sanskrit: गच्छामस् (gacchāmas), गच्छामः (gacchāmaḥ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: идемо

Roman: idemo (sh)
Sicilian: amuninni, amunì
Slovak: poďme
Slovene: pojdimo
Spanish: vamos (es), vámonos (es)
Swedish: nu går vi, låt oss gå, kom så går vi, vi går, vi sticker, vi drar
Tagalog: tara
Tamil: செல்லலாம் (cellalām)
Thai: ไป กัน เถอะ (bpai gan tə̀), ไป กัน เหอะ (bpai gan hə̀)
Turkish: gidelim, haydi (tr)
Ukrainian: йде́мо (jdémo), пішли́ (pišlý), хо́дімо (xódimo)
Urdu: چلو (chalo) (informal), چلیں (chalẽ) (regional), چلیے (chaliye) (formal)
Vietnamese: hãy đi
Walloon: djans-è (wa), alans-è (wa), hay (wa)
Welsh: awn ni
Yoruba: jẹ́ ká lọ

expression of encouragement, cheer

Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Ancient Greek: ἄγε (áge), ἄγετε (ágete)
Arabic: يَااللّٰه (ya-llāh)
Armenian: եկեք սկսենք (ekekʻ sksenkʻ); դավայ (davay) (colloquial)
Burmese: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: som-hi (ca), vinga (ca), va (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 加油 (gaa¹ jau^4-2)

Hokkien: 加油 (zh-min-nan) (ka-iû)

Mandarin: 加油 (zh) (jiāyóu), 來／来 (zh) (lái), 干巴得 (gānbādei)
Czech: do toho
Dutch: kom! (nl), kom op! (nl), kom aan! (nl)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: anna mennä
French: allez (fr), vas-y (fr), insister (fr), envoye (fr) (Quebec slang), enweye (Quebec slang)
Galician: adiante (gl)
German: los! (de), nun (de), dalli (de), Komm schon!, Geh Schon!, Mach schon!, Los geht's!, Auf geht's!, auf geht's, Nichts wie hin!
Hebrew: יאללה (he) (yálla)
Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
Icelandic: áfram (is)
Irish: seo leat
Italian: forza (it), dai (it), andiamo (it)
Japanese: さあ (ja) (sā), ねえ (nē), 頑張る (ja) (ganbaru), がんばれ (ganbare), 頑張って (ganbatte)
Kazakh: алға (alğa)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 화이팅 (ko) (hwaiting), 파이팅 (ko) (paiting), 와봐 (wabwa)
Latin: anima (la), animate pl, gradiamur, eamus (la), vadamus, incita, incitate pl, excita, excitate pl, hortare, hortamini pl, adhortare, adhortamini pl, aude, audete pl
Latvian: iesim, ejam (lv), doties
Lithuanian: ateik (lt), eikime (lt), nagi
Macedonian: ајде (ajde)
Malay: ayuh (ms), mari (ms)
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Persian: د برو (de borow), یالّا (yâllâ), ای بابا
Polish: dalej (pl), dawaj, hajda (pl) (attack), nuże (archaic), no (pl), odwagi (bookish), dalejże (bookish), hajże (archaic), cho (pl), weź, huzia (attack), hajże (attack), jazda (pl)
Portuguese: vai! (pt), vamos! (pt), vamos (pt)
Romanian: haide! (ro)
Russian: дава́йте (ru) (davájte) (formal), дава́й (ru) (daváj) (informal), иди́! (ru) (idí!), живе́й! (ru) (živéj!), ну́ же! (nú že!), айда́ (ru) (ajdá)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ајде

Roman: ajde (sh)
Spanish: ¡vamos! (es), ¡ándale! (es), ¡venga! (es), vamos (es), dale (es)
Swedish: kom igen, kom nu
Thai: ไป กัน เถอะ (bpai gan tə̀), มาเลย (mā ley)
Turkish: gidelim!, haydi! (tr)
Urdu: چلو (chalo)
Vietnamese: hãy đi! đi nào!
Welsh: ymlaen, dewch ymlaen

hurry up

Arabic: هَيَّا (ar) (hayyā)
Armenian: գնացինք (gnacʻinkʻ)
Basque: goazen, bizkor, arin, agudo
Chinese:
Mandarin: 快點／快点 (kuài diǎn)
Czech: dělej, dělejte
Dutch: schiet op (nl), kom (nl), kom op (nl), schiete op, kom nou
Esperanto: ek (eo)
Finnish: vauhtia, hop hop
French: allez (fr), allons-y, on y va
Georgian: დაუჩქარე (daučkare)
German: beeilen Sie sich, Los geht's
Greek: άντε (el) (ánte), γρήγορα (el) (grígora)
Hebrew: יאללה (he) (yálla) (slang)
Hindi: जल्दी करो c (jaldī karo) (casually), जल्दी करें pl (jaldī karẽ) (formal), जल्दी कर n (jaldī kar) (informal)
Hungarian: siess, rajta (hu), gyerünk (hu), indulás (hu), nyomás (hu)
Italian: muoviti (it) (informal)
Japanese: 急いで (ja) (いそいで, isoide), 速く (ja) (はやく, hayaku)
Marathi: लवकर चला (lavkar calā)
Persian: بجنب (bejonb)
Polish: dalej (pl), dalejże, ruszać się (pl)
Portuguese: vamos logo, se apresse (pt)
Romanian: haide (ro), grăbește-te
Russian: пошли́ (ru) (pošlí), пошёл (ru) (pošól) (rude)
Sicilian: amuninni, amunì
Spanish: date prisa, apúrate (es)
Swedish: skynda (sv), skynda på (sv)
Turkish: acele et, acele et
Urdu: جلدی کرو (jaldī karo) (informal), جلدی کریں (jaldī karẽ) (regional), جلدی کیجیے (jaldī kijiye) (formal)
Vietnamese: mau lên, nhanh lên
Yoruba: ó yá

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