vaya - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

• Rhymes: -aʝa
• Syllabification: va‧ya
• Homophones: baya, (ll-y neutralization) valla

From ir.

vaya

1. expresses surprise: wow!, why, oh!, whoa!, well!, man!, boy!

   Synonym: anda

2. expresses dismay, worry, indignation or frustration: gee!, jeez!, gosh!, why, man!, oh dear!
3. (before a noun) what a ...

   Synonyms: qué, menudo

   ¡Vaya coche que tiene tu hermana!

   What a car your sister has!

4. (colloquial, at the end of a sentence) you know, like, y'know

   No me gustan las gambas, las almejas... El marisco, vaya.

   I don't like shrimp, clams... Seafood, you know.

5. go!, leave!, go away! (technically an imperative but can function as an interjection in this sense)

vaya

1. inflection of ir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Borrowed from Italian baia.

vaya f (plural vayas)

2. joke; taunt

   Synonyms: broma, burla, mofa

• → Portuguese: vaia

• “vaya”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

vaya

1. to scratch

• IPA^(key): [vɑːˈɑ]
• Hyphenation: va‧ya

vaya

1. Alternative form of vaye