Fuí (en. I went)

/fwi/

Meaning & Definition

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verb

Indicates that someone moved from one place to another in the past.

Yesterday I went to the beach.

Ayer fui a la playa.

Expresses a lived experience in the past.

I was happy when I was a child.

Fui feliz cuando era niño.

Used in constructions that require a form of the verb 'to go' in the past.

If I could have, I went to the party.

Si hubiera podido, fui a la fiesta.

From Latin 'ivi', which is the past of 'ire'.

I went on vacation

Indicates that someone went to rest in another place.

fui de vacaciones

I went for bread

Expresses that the person went out to buy bread.

fui por pan

I was a good student

Refers to the fact that in the past the person had a good academic performance.

fui un buen estudiante

to go

To move from one place to another.

going

The act of going to a place.

ida

to return

To return to the place from which one departed.

volver

I went to the moon

When they tell me to go far away, I say that I went to the moon.

Cuando me dicen que vayas lejos, les digo que fui a la luna.

I went for a spin

I spent the whole afternoon going back and forth, I went for a spin.

Pasé toda la tarde yendo de un lado a otro, fui a dar vueltas.