Phrase · 🗺️ Regional colloquial expressions
Vamos a coger la guagua en la parada.
Let's catch the bus at the stop.
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Why every word is where it is
Vamosverbwe are going; let'sir · present · 1st pl.aprepositionto, atcoger1verb(ES, CU) to take, to catchinfinitiveladeterminertheel · fem. · sing. · definiteguagua2noun(CU, Canary Islands) busfem. · sing.enprepositionin, on, atladeterminertheel · fem. · sing. · definiteparadanounstopfem. · sing..
- Vamos → coger: ir a + infinitive
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1coger = take, catch in Spain and the Caribbean; in Mexico and Argentina it is vulgar, so use tomar.
- 2guagua = bus in Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and the Canary Islands.