This is the 350th most frequent Portuguese word.
vamos
"Vamos" means "let's go" or "we go" in English.
Here, "vamos" is used as an imperative form, inviting suggestion or expressing a collective decision to go somewhere.
Vamos ao cinema hoje à noite.
Let's go to the cinema tonight.
Here, "vamos" is utilized conditionally, introducing a scenario contingent about a shared action.
Se vamos fazer isso, precisamos planejar.
If we are going to do this, we need to plan.
In this context, "vamos" denotes the future action of a group, using the present tense to describe a near-future activity.