Basque Word of the Day
joan
/JO-an/ • verb (intransitive) — 28th of Apr, 2026
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Meaning: to go; to leave or move from one place to another
Examples
- Bihar goizean joango naiz tren geltokira.
(I'll go to the train station tomorrow morning.) - Nire amona hirira joan zen atzo.
(My grandmother went to the city yesterday.) - Zinemara joan nahi dut.
(I want to go to the cinema.)
Synonyms
- abiatu
- alde egin
Joan is the basic verb for 'to go' in Basque and is used to express leaving or moving to a place. It is intransitive and often appears with auxiliary verbs to show tense: for example, 'joan naiz' = 'I have gone', 'joango naiz' = 'I will go', and 'joan nahi dut' = 'I want to go.'
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