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venga

The Spanish verbal shrug: it encourages, agrees, hurries and says goodbye, all by tone.

Quick answer

venga

Natural: come on / alright then / see you
Literal: “come”

How it is used

¡Venga, vamos!Come on, let’s go!
Venga, hasta luego.Alright, see you.
Venga ya.Oh come on. — disbelief.
Venga, te invito.Go on, it’s on me.

Where it is said

Very Spanish. Latin America uses dale, ándale, vamos.

A mini dialogue

— Te dejo, que llego tarde.— I’ll let you go, I’m late.
— Venga, luego hablamos.— Alright, we’ll talk later.

Watch out

venga

Reading it as the verb venir. Here it is a filler word, not “come”.

Check yourself

“Venga ya” expresses:

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