What does venga mean?

ExpressionColoquial

Sentido 1

come on — go on

It pushes: it gets something started or someone moving — venga, vamos; venga, cuéntamelo. Very little gets started in Spain without a venga in front of it, and it almost never means 'come'.

Venga, que empieza la película.
The nudge that gets everybody moving.

Sentido 2

right then — OK

It accepts a proposal, a plan or a decision someone has just made — venga, vale; pues venga. It closes the discussion by agreeing to what is on the table.

—¿Quedamos a las ocho? —Venga.
Agreed, without a word more.

Sentido 3

see you — bye then

It closes a conversation: venga, hasta luego; venga, nos vemos. At the end of a phone call it can come two or three times running without anybody blinking.

Venga, venga, hasta mañana.
The goodbye, said twice so nobody feels hurried off.

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Unit 02

¡Cuánto tiempo!

«hace un siglo que no sé nada de ti»

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