Ir expresses movement from one place to another. The most common structure is subject + ir + a + destination: Voy a la escuela, Vamos a México, Van al mercado. With concrete places, a marks the destination of the displacement. It is also used to indicate direction, as in El autobús va al centro or La calle va hacia el río. When the verb appears with another verb, it changes meaning and becomes part of constructions like ir a + infinitivo, which are studied in more detail in Infinitivos verbales.

Use of ir + infinitive for plans

Idea
Use ir a + infinitive to talk about a nearby plan or intention.
Use ir a + infinitive to announce a very near future.
Use ir a + infinitive for decisions made at the moment of speaking.

The structure ir a + infinitivo expresses plans, intention and a very near future: Voy a llamar, Vamos a cenar, Va a llover. The verb ir contributes the idea of movement toward an action, not of physical movement. In the present, this construction usually talks about something planned or immediate. The pattern is subject + form of ir + a + infinitivo. With verbs like salir, estudiar or comprar, the phrase presents the action as a decision already made: Mañana voy a estudiar, Esta tarde van a comprar pan. This construction is common together with the Presente simple when you want to contrast a routine with a concrete plan.

Subject	Infinitive	Conjugation
vosotros	ir
nosotros	ir
ellos	ir
tú	ir
yo	ir
él	ir

Present indicative of ir

Subject	Infinitive	Conjugation
yo	ir	voy
tú	ir	vas
él	ir	va
nosotros	ir	vamos
vosotros	ir	vais
ellos	ir	van

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The present indicative of ir is irregular: voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van. It is used to talk about the current movement, habits and near plans with clear context: Voy al trabajo todos los días, ¿Vas con nosotros?, Van a la playa este fin de semana. The first person singular changes completely and the other forms do not follow the regular pattern. This present appears frequently in the construction ir a + infinitivo and also in direction phrases like El tren va a Sevilla. If you need to review the contrast with other narrative tenses, it is useful to compare it with the Pretérito and the Imperfecto.

Subject	Infinitive	Conjugation
nosotros	ir
él	ir
vosotros	ir
yo	ir
ellos	ir
tú	ir

Simple past of ir

Subject	Infinitive	Conjugation
yo	ir	fui
tú	ir	fuiste
él	ir	fue
nosotros	ir	fuimos
vosotros	ir	fuisteis
ellos	ir	fueron

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In the pretérito, ir describes a displacement or a change of place viewed as a completed action in the past. The forms are irregular: fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos, fuisteis, fueron. It is used in sentences like Ayer fui al médico, Anoche fuimos a casa de Ana, Ellos fueron en coche. When it appears with other verbs, ir can introduce a sequence of actions: Fui a comprar y luego volví. The pretérito presents the trip or exit as a punctual fact, not as a duration. To distinguish it from background description, compare it with the Imperfecto.

Subject	Infinitive	Conjugation
él	ir
ellos	ir
vosotros	ir
nosotros	ir
tú	ir
yo	ir

Imperfect indicative of ir

Subject	Infinitive	Conjugation
yo	ir	iba
tú	ir	ibas
él	ir	iba
nosotros	ir	íbamos
vosotros	ir	ibais
ellos	ir	iban

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The imperfect of ir is iba, ibas, iba, íbamos, ibais, iban. It serves for habits, habitual routes and repeated situations in the past: De niño iba al colegio a pie, Los sábados íbamos al mercado, Ella iba siempre por esa calle. It can also describe an action in progress in the past when another action interrupts it: Iba a salir cuando sonó el teléfono. In this tense, ir does not present a single event, but a context or a custom. That value fits with the background narration that is studied in the Imperfecto.

Subject	Infinitive	Conjugation
ellos	ir
él	ir
tú	ir
vosotros	ir
yo	ir
nosotros	ir

Simple future of ir

Subject	Infinitive	Conjugation
yo	ir	iré
tú	ir	irás
él	ir	irá
nosotros	ir	iremos
vosotros	ir	iréis
ellos	ir	irán

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The future of ir is regular in its endings, but the stem changes to iré, irás, irá, iremos, iréis, irán. It is used to talk about movements after the moment of speaking: Mañana iré a Madrid, El próximo mes iremos a verte. It can also express a forecast or a plan seen as certain: Irán por la autopista. In practical contexts, the future of ir combines with time expressions like mañana, la semana que viene or en verano. Its use is related to the Futuro simple, where other forms with the same general value of futurity appear.

Subject	Infinitive	Conjugation
tú	ir
nosotros	ir
yo	ir
vosotros	ir
él	ir
ellos	ir

Simple conditional of ir

Subject	Infinitive	Conjugation
yo	ir	iría
tú	ir	irías
él	ir	iría
nosotros	ir	iríamos
vosotros	ir	iríais
ellos	ir	irían

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The conditional of ir is iría, irías, iría, iríamos, iríais, irían. It is used to talk about a hypothetical movement: Yo iría si tuviera tiempo, Iríamos contigo si nos invitaras. It is also used to be polite when proposing something: ¿Irías conmigo?, Yo iría más despacio. In narrative style, it can express a future action seen from the past: Pensó que iría al día siguiente. The form conveys distance from the present, which is why it appears often in contexts of possibility, courtesy and narration. It relates to the Modo subjuntivo when the idea depends on a condition or hypothesis.

Subject	Infinitive	Conjugation
ellos	ir
yo	ir
nosotros	ir
tú	ir
él	ir
vosotros	ir

Present subjunctive of ir

Subject	Infinitive	Conjugation
yo	ir	vaya
tú	ir	vayas
él	ir	vaya
nosotros	ir	vayamos
vosotros	ir	vayáis
ellos	ir	vayan

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The present subjunctive of ir is vaya, vayas, vaya, vayamos, vayáis, vayan. It appears with desires, doubts, recommendations and purpose: Quiero que vayas, Es posible que vaya, Te recomiendo que vayan temprano. In destination clauses, it is often followed by para que: Salimos pronto para que vayas con calma. The form vaya is very common in fixed expressions like que te vaya bien. This tense is used when the action is not presented as a certain fact, but as something desired, doubtful or subordinate to another idea. To better understand these dependencies, it is useful to study the Modo subjuntivo.

Subject	Infinitive	Conjugation
ustedes	ir
vosotros	ir
tú	ir
nosotros	ir
usted	ir

Affirmative imperative of ir

Subject	Infinitive	Conjugation
tú	ir	ve
usted	ir	vaya
nosotros	ir	vamos
vosotros	ir	id
ustedes	ir	vayan

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The imperative of ir is used to give direct instructions or to tell someone to move. The usual forms are ve for tú, id for vosotros and vaya as a courtesy or command for usted and ustedes: Ve a casa, Id por esa calle, Vaya a recepción. In negative orders, the subjunctive is used: No vayas, No vayáis, No vayan. With ir, the imperative usually appears in route directions, like Ve recto or Vayan al fondo. The direct command is related to the Verbos auxiliares when part of longer instructions, though here it functions as the main verb.

Verb	Subject	Infinitive	Conjugation
forma no personal	participio	ir
forma no personal	infinitivo	ir
forma no personal	gerundio	ir

Non-personal forms of ir

Subject	Infinitive	Conjugation
infinitivo	ir	ir
gerundio	ir	yendo
participio	ir	ido

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The non-personal forms of ir are ir, yendo and ido. The infinitive ir appears after other verbs or in constructions with a: quiero ir, vamos a ir. The gerund yendo expresses action in progress: Está yendo al trabajo. The participle ido is used mainly with haber in compound tenses: ha ido, habían ido. It also appears in some fixed expressions, such as se ha ido. These forms connect ir with broader structures of verbal grammar, such as the Gerundios Verbales and the Infinitivos verbales.

Irse means to leave, to depart from a place or to leave it behind. Compared to ir, which only denotes movement, irse puts the focus on the departure: Me voy de la fiesta, Se fueron temprano, Nos vamos ahora. Many times it sounds more natural than ir when the person leaves a place where they were: Ya me voy is more normal than ya voy if the sense is to leave. It can also indicate changes of state in expressions such as irse de viaje or irse a vivir a otra ciudad. The reflexive pronoun is part of the verb and changes the meaning of the movement toward a separation from the place or from the situation.