go on

continuar, seguir

Seguir haciendo algo que ya has empezado.

En inglés sencillo: To keep doing something after you have started it.

• Please go on reading.
• She went on working until midnight.
• Can we go on with the lesson?

Cómo se usa: go on doing something (He went on reading after dinner.); go on with something (Please go on with your work.)

Sinónimos: continue, carry on

Antónimos: stop

Expresiones frecuentes: go on talking, go on working, go on with something

pasar, ocurrir

Estar sucediendo algo en ese momento.

En inglés sencillo: If something is happening, it is taking place at that moment.

• What is going on?
• Something strange went on last night.
• Do you know what goes on in that office?

Sinónimos: happen, occur

Expresiones frecuentes: go on upstairs, go on outside

continuar, seguir

Seguir haciendo algo, incluso después de una pausa o cuando resulta difícil.

En inglés sencillo: To keep doing something, even after a pause or when it is difficult.

• I cannot go on working.
• They went on with their game after lunch.
• Will she go on living there?

Cómo se usa: go on doing something (They went on playing despite the rain.); go on with something (We can go on with the lesson now.)

Sinónimos: continue, carry on

Antónimos: stop

Expresiones frecuentes: go on living, go on working, go on with something

sigue, continúa

Se dice para pedir a alguien que siga contando algo.

En inglés sencillo: You say this to ask someone to keep telling you something.

• Go on, tell me more.
• “Go on,” I said as she stopped speaking.
• Go on; how did you meet him?

Sinónimos: keep talking, continue

Expresiones frecuentes: please go on, go on please

pasar a, hacer después

Hacer otra cosa tras terminar una actividad o una etapa de la vida.

En inglés sencillo: To do something else after finishing an earlier activity or stage of your life.

• He went on to become a doctor.
• After discussing costs, we went on to choose a date.
• Will the winner go on to compete abroad?

Cómo se usa: go on to do something (She finished school and went on to train as a nurse.)

Sinónimos: proceed to

Expresiones frecuentes: go on to study, go on to win

dar la lata, hablar sin parar

Hablar mucho tiempo sobre algo, a menudo molestando a los demás.

En inglés sencillo: To talk about something for a long time, often annoying other people.

• He goes on about money.
• She went on for hours about her holiday.
• Why do you keep going on at me?

Cómo se usa: go on about something (He keeps going on about his new car.); go on at someone (She went on at me about the mess.)

Sinónimos: ramble, talk endlessly

Expresiones frecuentes: go on about something, go on endlessly

sigue, continúa

Se dice para invitar a alguien a continuar hablando.

En inglés sencillo: You say this to invite someone to continue speaking.

• Go on, I am listening.
• Go on; what happened next?
• “Go on,” she said when he paused.

Sinónimos: keep talking, continue

Expresiones frecuentes: go on please, please go on

¡anda ya!, ¡no me digas!

Se dice cuando algo te sorprende o te cuesta creerlo.

En inglés sencillo: You say this when you find something surprising or hard to believe.

• Go on! You won a car?
• “Go on!” she cried. “You cannot be serious.”
• Go on! Did he really ask you that?

Sinónimos: no way, really

Expresiones frecuentes: oh go on, go on really