go back to

volver a, regresar a

Volver a un lugar, una persona, una actividad o una situación anterior.

En inglés sencillo: To return to a place, person, activity, or earlier situation.

• We must go back to the hotel.
• She went back to her hometown last year.
• Will you go back to teaching after the summer?

Cómo se usa: go back to someone/something (I do not want to go back to my old job.); go back to doing something (He went back to reading after the call.)

Sinónimos: return to

Expresiones frecuentes: go back to bed, go back to school

remontarse a, datar de

Haber empezado o existido por primera vez en un momento concreto del pasado.

En inglés sencillo: To have begun or first existed at a particular time in the past.

• The custom goes back to ancient times.
• Their dispute goes back to the last election.
• These village celebrations go back to the eighteenth century.

Cómo se usa: go back to a time (This tradition goes back to the Middle Ages.)

Sinónimos: date from, originate in

Expresiones frecuentes: go back to antiquity, go back to childhood

conocerse desde

Conocerse desde un momento determinado del pasado.

En inglés sencillo: If people do this, they have known each other since a particular time in the past.

• Ben and I go back to college.
• Those two go back to their first job.
• Do you and Sara go back to primary school?

Cómo se usa: someone and someone go back to a time (Maya and I go back to our school days.)

Sinónimos: know each other since

Expresiones frecuentes: go back to school, go back to college