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heading west

[HED-ing west]
verb phrase
indo para o oeste / rumando para o oeste
1. Moving or traveling in a westward direction
The wagon train is heading west across the prairie.
A caravana de carroças está rumando para o oeste através da pradaria.
2. To be directed or oriented toward the west
The bird was heading west during migration season.
O pássaro estava indo para o oeste durante a época de migração.
Synonyms
going westtraveling westmoving westwardwestbound
Antonyms
heading eastgoing eastheading northheading south

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
indo para o oeste / rumando para o oeste
Standard usage across Brazil
São Paulo
indo pro oeste
More colloquial contraction of 'para o'
Portugal
seguindo para o oeste
Slightly more formal phrasing preference

Related Idioms & Phrases

heading west (euphemism for dying)
go west (to be lost or ruined)
heading toward the sunset (romantically or euphemistically)
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