What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is literally "you go to die", using the verb ir (to go) to form the future tense.
Which one should you use?
While você vai morrer is the standard way to express the future, the form você morrerá is a more formal, literary version of the same meaning.
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
If you want to be polite and formal, you can use Você vai falecer. For an informal way to say "You will kick the bucket", use Você vai bater as botas. Another alternative is Você irá partir dessa vida, which translates to "You will depart from this life".
Is it said differently in some regions?
In many parts of Brazil and in Portugal, the informal second-person singular tu vais morrer is used instead of você vai morrer.
How does it change in a sentence?
The phrase uses the periphrastic future, which is more common in spoken Portuguese than the synthetic future você morrerá.
Did you know?
- The word você comes from the phrase vossa mercee, which literally means 'your mercy'.
- The expression partir dessa vida (to depart from this life) is often used by elders to avoid the perceived bad luck of saying the word morrer.
- The verb morrer is used in common slang expressions like morrer de rir, which means to be laughing so hard you are 'dying'.
Examples in context
- Você vai morrer.You will die.This sentence is useful for practicing the phrase você vai morrer.Tatoeba #5037241 by Ricardo14, translation #2255306 by CK
- Espero que você tenha uma vida plena antes de, você sabe, bater as botasI hope you have a fulfilling life before, you know, kicking the bucket
- Você vai morrer se não se cuidar.You will die if you do not take care of yourself.
- Todo mundo sabe que você vai morrer um dia.Everyone knows that you will die one day.
Example conversation
A dramatic scene in a movie where a villain threatens the hero.
- MarianaVocê não pode escapar de mim.You cannot escape from me.
- LucasEu não tenho medo de você.I am not afraid of you.
- MarianaVocê vai morrer em breve, Lucas.You will die soon, Lucas.
- LucasNós veremos o que acontece.We will see what happens.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries morrer, vai, você, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
