andar

See also: ändar

Asturian

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin andāre, of uncertain origin.

Verb

andar (first-person singular indicative present ando, past participle andáu)

1. to walk
2. to work (function)
3. to go, be

   Ando bien. ― I'm alright.

4. to go out (with someone)

Conjugation

infinitive		andar
gerundive		andando
participle		m andáu, f andada, n andao, m pl andaos, f pl andaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	ando	andes	anda	andamos	andáis	andan
	imperfect	andaba	andabes	andaba	andábemos	andábeis	andáben
	preterite	anduvi	anduviesti	anduvo	anduviemos	anduviestis	anduvieron
	pluperfect	anduviera	anduvieres	anduviera	anduviéramos	anduvierais	anduvieren
	future	andaré	andarás	andará	andaremos	andaréis	andarán
	conditional	andaría	andaríes	andaría	andaríemos	andaríeis	andaríen
subjunctive	present	ande	andes	ande	andemos	andéis	anden
	imperfect	anduviera	anduvieres	anduviera	anduviéremos	anduviéreis	anduvieren
imperative			anda			andái

Conjugation of andar

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German ander, from Old High German andar. Cognate with German ander, Dutch ander, English other, Icelandic annar.

Pronoun

andar (plural andarn)

1. (Sette Comuni) other

   Diizar is péssor dan dar andarn. ― This one is better than the other.

Adjective

andar (Sette Comuni)

1. other (different)

   An andarn tag khimmich so bènnandich. ― I'll come to see you on another day.

2. other (not the one or ones previously referred to)

   An andars khint is khèmmet at dar bèlte ― Another child has come into the world.

3. (postpositive, after pronouns) else

   Gott dar Hèere anlòan man haban gamacht de bèlt, bèar andarast? ― Only God could have created the world, who else could have?

Derived terms

• andarstbìa
• andarstba

References

• “andar” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Faroese

Noun

andar m pl

1. plural of andi

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese andar, from Early Medieval Latin andāre, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈdaɾ/ [an̪ˈd̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: an‧dar

Verb

andar (first-person singular present ando, first-person singular preterite andei, past participle andado)

1. (intransitive) to walk

   Synonym: camiñar

2. (intransitive) to wander, to travel
3. (intransitive) to go, to proceed

   Synonym: ir

4. (catenative) to be or keep (doing) [with a (+ infinitive) ‘doing something’]

   Synonym: estar

   -A que andas, ho? -Ando a correr! ― "Hey! What are you doing?" "I'm running!"

   Andas a saltar e caiches. ― You are jumping around and now you have fallen.

   A policia colleu a uns que andaban a roubar casas. ― The police captured some who were burgling homes.

5. (intransitive) to search, catch or gather [with a ‘something’]
   • 1927, X. Lesta Meis, Estebo, A Coruña: Lar, page 106:

     O Carpulla andaba á bosta. Cun cesto de aro colgado debaixo do brazo, iba e viña por camiños e carreiros recollendo canta alcontraba para facer esterco

     Carpulla ("Hunger") used to search for platters. With a hoop basked under the arm, he came and went on the roads and ways, gathering each one he could find to make manure

6. (intransitive) to move
7. (catenative) to be about to [with por (+ infinitive) ‘do something’]

Conjugation

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	andar
Personal	andar	andares	andar	andarmos	andardes	andaren
Gerund
	andando
Past participle
Masculine	andado			andados
Feminine	andada			andadas
Indicative
Present	ando	andas	anda	andamos	andades	andan
Imperfect	andaba	andabas	andaba	andabamos	andabades	andaban
Preterite	andei	andaches	andou	andamos	andastes	andaron
Pluperfect	andara	andaras	andara	andaramos	andarades	andaran
Future	andarei	andarás	andará	andaremos	andaredes	andarán
Conditional	andaría	andarías	andaría	andariamos	andariades	andarían
Subjunctive
Present	ande	andes	ande	andemos	andedes	anden
Imperfect	andase	andases	andase	andásemos	andásedes	andasen
Future	andar	andares	andar	andarmos	andardes	andaren
Imperative
Affirmative		anda	ande	andemos	andade	anden
Negative (non)		non andes	non ande	non andemos	non andedes	non anden

    Conjugation of andar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	andar
Personal	andar	andares	andar	andarmos	andardes	andarem
Gerund
	andando
Past participle
Masculine	andado			andados
Feminine	andada			andadas
Indicative
Present	ando	andas	anda	andamos	andades, andais	andam
Imperfect	andava	andavas	andava	andávamos	andávades, andáveis, andávais1	andavam
Preterite	andei	andaste, andache1	andou	andamos	andastes	andárom, andaram
Pluperfect	andara	andaras	andara	andáramos	andárades, andáreis, andárais1	andaram
Future	andarei	andarás	andará	andaremos	andaredes, andareis	andarám, andarão
Conditional	andaria	andarias	andaria	andaríamos	andaríades, andaríeis, andaríais1	andariam
Subjunctive
Present	ande	andes	ande	andemos	andedes, andeis	andem
Imperfect	andasse	andasses	andasse	andássemos	andássedes, andásseis	andassem
Future	andar	andares	andar	andarmos	andardes	andarem
Imperative
Affirmative		anda	ande	andemos	andade, andai	andem
Negative (nom)		nom andes	nom ande	nom andemos	nom andedes, nom andeis	nom andem

    Reintegrated conjugation of andar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• anda alá

Noun

andar m (plural andares)

1. storey, stage, floor, level
   • 1833, Florencio Pol, Espello de deputados, page 4 (in Ramón Mariño Paz (2008), Papés d'emprenta condenada. A escrita galega entre 1797 e 1846.):

     ó chegar á súa casa fun dar, que é indo polo cantón sin torcer, no mesmo andar pregunto polo Señor pro mui logo o vin baixar

     arriving there I found his house, which is just straight down the promenade, on the same floor I asked for the lord, but at the moment I saw him coming down

2. walk, pace, gait
   • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 183:

     sol [...] tanto he oseu lume et tam grande o poder (dos) seus rrayos que por donde el vay tolle áás outras planetas o andar

     the Sun [...] it is so large its light and so big the power of its rays that wherever it goes it takes from the other planets its walk

3. pace

   Éche un andar miudiño, miudiño, miudiño, o que eu traio. Que eu traio unha borracheira, de viño, c'auga non bebo (folk drunkard song)

   It's a slow, slow pace which brings me. Since I'm drunk of wine, 'cause I don't drink water

   Synonym: paso

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “andar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “andar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “andar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “andar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “andar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

• “andar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Icelandic

Noun

andar m

1. indefinite nominative plural of andi

Noun

andar f

1. indefinite genitive singular of önd

Italian

Verb

andar (apocopated)

1. Apocopic form of andare

Anagrams

• andrà, randa

Ladino

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish andar (“to walk”), from Early Medieval Latin andāre, of uncertain origin.

Verb

andar (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אנדאר)^[1]

1. (intransitive) to walk (with one's feet)

   Synonym: kaminar

2. (intransitive) to march (walk ceremoniously)
3. (intransitive) to step (put one's foot elsewhere on the ground)
4. (transitive) to do (something) passionately

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese andar (“floor”).^[1]

Noun

andar m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אנדאר)^[1]

1. floor (in a house)
2. apartment (domicile occupying part of a building)
3. walk; walking (how one moves on the feet)

References

1. http://folkmasa.org/milon/yachad2.php?mishtane=andar

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

andar m

1. indefinite plural of ande

Verb

andar

1. present of anda
2. present of ande

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin andāre, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ã.ˈdaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Verb

andar

1. to walk

Conjugation

infinitive		simple		andar
		compound		infinitive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
gerund		simple		andando
		compound		gerund of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		andado		andados
		feminine		andada		andadas
present participle				andante		andantes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	ando	andas	anda	andamos	andades	andan
	imperfect	andava	andavas	andava	andavamos, andávamos	andavades, andávades	andavan
	preterite	andei	andaste, andasche, andache	andou	andamos	andastes	andaron
	pluperfect	andara	andaras	andara	andaramos, andáramos	andarades, andárades	andaran
	future	andarei	andarás	andará	andaremos	andaredes	andarán
	conditional	andaria	andarias	andaria	andariamos, andaríamos	andariades, andaríades	andarian
compound tenses	present perfect	present of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	present imperfect	imperfect of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	past anterior	preterite of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	pluperfect	simple pluperfect of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	future perfect	future of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
subjunctive mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	ande	andes	ande	andemos	andedes	anden
	preterite	andasse	andasses	andasse	andássemos	andássedes	andassen
	future	andar	andares	andar	andarmos	andardes	andaren
compound tenses	present perfect	present subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	pluperfect	preterite subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	future perfect	future subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
imperative mood		—	tu	vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	—
affirmative		—	anda	ande	andemos	andade	—
negative		—	non andes	non ande	non andemos	non andedes	—
personal infinitive		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
		andar	andares	andar	andarmos	andardes	andaren
1 Its alternative spelling, aver, can be used as well. 2 teer and ter were used too, though all 3 were less common than forms of "haver".

    Conjugation of andar

Descendants

• Fala: andal
• Galician: andar
• Portuguese: andar

Noun

andar m (plural andares)

1. walk (manner of walking)

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *anþar, from Proto-Germanic *anþeraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros. See also Old English ōþer, Old Norse annarr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈan.dar/

Adjective

andar

1. second
2. other

Descendants

• Middle High German: ander, andere
  • Cimbrian: andar
  • German: anderer, ander
  • Central Franconian:
    • Hunsrik: anner
    • Luxembourgish: aner
  • Mòcheno: ònder
  • Yiddish: אַנדער (ander)

References

• Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer
• "andar" in Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch (6th edition 2014)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese andar, from Early Medieval Latin andāre, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈda(ʁ)/ [ɐ̃ˈda(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈda(ʁ)/ [ɐ̃ˈda(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈda(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈda(ʁ)/ [ɐ̃ˈda(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈda(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈdaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈdaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈda.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: an‧dar

Verb

andar (first-person singular present ando, first-person singular preterite andei, past participle andado)

2. (intransitive) to walk (to move on one’s feet)

   Synonym: caminhar

   Estive andando o dia todo, procurando por você. ― I’ve been walking all day, looking for you.

4. (intransitive or transitive) to walk (to travel through a given path) [with em or por or (somewhat formal) transitive]

   Já andei essa estrada mil vezes. ― I’ve walked this road a thousand times.

6. (intransitive) to ride; to take; to travel by (to use a given mode of transportation) [with de ‘a mode of transportation’]

   Ela está andando de ônibus para economizar tempo.

   She’s traveling by bus to save time.

   Andamos de cavalo ontem. ― We rode horses yesterday.

8. (copulative) to habitually or continuously be in the given state

   Bons amigos sempre andam juntos. ― Good friends are always together.

   Ele anda deprimido. ― He has been depressed.

10. (auxiliary) to have been (to habitually or continuously do something) [with gerund]

    Synonym: vir

    Ele anda tentando consertar aquele carro. ― He has been trying to fix that car.

12. (intransitive) to be around; to be to (to visit or be within a given area) [with por ‘a location’]

    Synonyms: estar em, visitar

    Eu já andei pela França e Itália. ― I’ve already been to France and Italy.

    Faz algum tempo que o xerife não anda por aqui.

    It's been some time since the sheriff has been around here.

14. to hurry up (to do something more quickly) [(optional) with com ‘with something’]

    Synonyms: acelerar, ir

    Anda! ― Hurry up!

    Preciso de andar com o projeto. ― I need to hurry up with the project.

16. (intransitive) to proceed; to pass; to go on (to continue in action)

    Synonyms: ir, passar

    Os meses andam e eu continuo nesta situação.

    The months pass and I continue on this situation.

    Esta fila não anda. ― This queue doesn’t move.

18. (intransitive) to function; to work

    Synonym: funcionar

    Há meses que o meu relógio não anda. ― My clock hasn’t been working for months.

Conjugation

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	andar
Personal	andar	andares	andar	andarmos	andardes	andarem
Gerund
	andando
Past participle
Masculine	andado			andados
Feminine	andada			andadas
Indicative
Present	ando	andas	anda	andamos	andais	andam
Imperfect	andava	andavas	andava	andávamos	andáveis	andavam
Preterite	andei	andaste	andou	andamos1, andámos2	andastes	andaram
Pluperfect	andara	andaras	andara	andáramos	andáreis	andaram
Future	andarei	andarás	andará	andaremos	andareis	andarão
Conditional	andaria	andarias	andaria	andaríamos	andaríeis	andariam
Subjunctive
Present	ande	andes	ande	andemos	andeis	andem
Imperfect	andasse	andasses	andasse	andássemos	andásseis	andassem
Future	andar	andares	andar	andarmos	andardes	andarem
Imperative
Affirmative		anda	ande	andemos	andai	andem
Negative (não)		não andes	não ande	não andemos	não andeis	não andem

    Conjugation of andar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• andante
• tresandar

 

Noun

andar m (plural andares)

1. floor, storey (level of a building)

   Synonym: piso

2. (Portugal) apartment, flat

   Synonym: apartamento

3. gait, walk (manner of walking)

   Synonym: andadura

Further reading

• “andar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “andar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “andar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “andar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “andar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “andar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Sabir

Etymology

From Italian andar (“to go”).

Verb

andar

1. to go

References

• Feissat et Demonchy, Dictionnaire de la Langue Franque, ou Petit Mauresque

Simalungun Batak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *haʀəzan (with metathesis).

Noun

andar

1. ladder

References

• Zufri Hidayat et al. (2015). Kamus Bahasa Simalungun–Indonesia (2nd ed.). Medan: Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sumatera Utara, p. 9.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin andāre, of uncertain origin.

The preterite's origin is unclear, most likely generalized from the preterite of haber (“to have”), hub- (note that b and v are pronounced identically; compare the same development in tener).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈdaɾ/ [ãn̪ˈd̪aɾ]

• Audio (Peru):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: an‧dar

Verb

andar (first-person singular present ando, first-person singular preterite anduve, past participle andado)

1. to walk, to go

   Synonyms: caminar, ir

2. to amble, to travel
3. to ride

   Ando en bicicleta.

   I ride a bicycle.

4. to function, to work, to go

   Synonyms: funcionar, marchar

5. to pass, to go by, to elapse

   Synonym: pasar

6. to go about; to busy oneself with

   ¿Cómo andarse en las redes sociales?.

   How to go about social networks?.

   Andaba en mis asuntos, cuando repentinamente se cortó la electricidad.

   I was going about my business, when suddenly the power went out.

7. to be, to feel

   Synonym: estar

   ¿Cómo andas?

   How do you feel?

8. to go around, to move or spread from person to person

   Anda el rumor de que don Fulano y doña Zutana están teniendo un amorío.

   The rumor is going around that Mr. Fulano and Ms. Zutana are having an affair.

   Anda una tos que hay.

   There's a cough that's going around.

9. (catenative) to go round (doing something) (describing interrupted, frequent activity) [with gerund ‘doing something’]

   Anda escribiendo un libro.

   She's writing a book on and off.

10. (copulative) to have been feeling; to feel emotions over a period of time

    Ando solitario últimamente.

    I have been feeling lonely lately.

11. to go out with, to date [with con ‘someone’]

    Synonym: salir

    ¿Quieres andar conmigo?

    Do you want to be my boyfriend/girlfriend?

    Juan anda con María.

    Juan and María are dating.

12. (reflexive) to go away, to leave

    Synonyms: irse, marcharse, largarse

13. (reflexive, imperative) to take out, to remove oneself

    ¡Ándate de mi presencia!

    Remove yourself from my presence!

Usage notes

• In Spanish and many other Romance languages, this verb originally only meant "to walk", but also later acquired the secondary sense of "being" (temporarily). In many cases, the verb can be used interchangeably with the principal verb for "to be (temporarily)" - in Spanish, andar can be used interchangeably with estar in informal situations, although estar is generally more widely used.

Conjugation

infinitive			andar
gerund			andando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		andado		andada
		plural		andados		andadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ando	andastú andásvos	anda	andamos	andáis	andan
	imperfect	andaba	andabas	andaba	andábamos	andabais	andaban
	preterite	anduve	anduviste	anduvo	anduvimos	anduvisteis	anduvieron
	future	andaré	andarás	andará	andaremos	andaréis	andarán
	conditional	andaría	andarías	andaría	andaríamos	andaríais	andarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ande	andestú andésvos2	ande	andemos	andéis	anden
	imperfect (ra)	anduviera	anduvieras	anduviera	anduviéramos	anduvierais	anduvieran
	imperfect (se)	anduviese	anduvieses	anduviese	anduviésemos	anduvieseis	anduviesen
	future1	anduviere	anduvieres	anduviere	anduviéremos	anduviereis	anduvieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		andatú andávos	ande	andemos	andad	anden
	negative		no andes	no ande	no andemos	no andéis	no anden

    Conjugation of andar (irregular) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive andar	dative	andarme	andarte	andarle, andarse	andarnos	andaros	andarles, andarse
	accusative	andarme	andarte	andarlo, andarla, andarse	andarnos	andaros	andarlos, andarlas, andarse
with gerund andando	dative	andándome	andándote	andándole, andándose	andándonos	andándoos	andándoles, andándose
	accusative	andándome	andándote	andándolo, andándola, andándose	andándonos	andándoos	andándolos, andándolas, andándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative anda	dative	ándame	ándate	ándale	ándanos	not used	ándales
	accusative	ándame	ándate	ándalo, ándala	ándanos	not used	ándalos, ándalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative andá	dative	andame	andate	andale	andanos	not used	andales
	accusative	andame	andate	andalo, andala	andanos	not used	andalos, andalas
with formal second-person singular imperative ande	dative	ándeme	not used	ándele, ándese	ándenos	not used	ándeles
	accusative	ándeme	not used	ándelo, ándela, ándese	ándenos	not used	ándelos, ándelas
with first-person plural imperative andemos	dative	not used	andémoste	andémosle	andémonos	andémoos	andémosles
	accusative	not used	andémoste	andémoslo, andémosla	andémonos	andémoos	andémoslos, andémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative andad	dative	andadme	not used	andadle	andadnos	andaos	andadles
	accusative	andadme	not used	andadlo, andadla	andadnos	andaos	andadlos, andadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative anden	dative	ándenme	not used	ándenle	ándennos	not used	ándenles, ándense
	accusative	ándenme	not used	ándenlo, ándenla	ándennos	not used	ándenlos, ándenlas, ándense

    Selected combined forms of andar (irregular)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

infinitive			andarse
gerund			andándose
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		andado		andada
		plural		andados		andadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
personal non-finite		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	infinitive	andarme	andarte	andarse	andarnos	andaros	andarse
	gerund	andándome	andándote	andándose	andándonos	andándoos	andándose
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	me ando	te andastú te andásvos	se anda	nos andamos	os andáis	se andan
	imperfect	me andaba	te andabas	se andaba	nos andábamos	os andabais	se andaban
	preterite	me anduve	te anduviste	se anduvo	nos anduvimos	os anduvisteis	se anduvieron
	future	me andaré	te andarás	se andará	nos andaremos	os andaréis	se andarán
	conditional	me andaría	te andarías	se andaría	nos andaríamos	os andaríais	se andarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	me ande	te andestú te andésvos2	se ande	nos andemos	os andéis	se anden
	imperfect (ra)	me anduviera	te anduvieras	se anduviera	nos anduviéramos	os anduvierais	se anduvieran
	imperfect (se)	me anduviese	te anduvieses	se anduviese	nos anduviésemos	os anduvieseis	se anduviesen
	future1	me anduviere	te anduvieres	se anduviere	nos anduviéremos	os anduviereis	se anduvieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		ándatetú andatevos	ándese	andémonos	andaos	ándense
	negative		no te andes	no se ande	no nos andemos	no os andéis	no se anden

    Conjugation of andarse (irregular) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Derived terms

• a largo andar
• a poco andar
• anda con Dios
• andada
• andadera
• andador
• andadora
• andadura
• andamio
• andana
• andando el tiempo
• andante
• andanza
• andar a la greña
• andar a la mira
• andar a la que salta
• andar a palos
• andar a tres menos cuartillo
• andar a una
• andar a viva quien vence
• andar a vueltas
• andar al daca y toma
• andar al uso
• andar como bola sin manija
• andar como quinceañera
• andar con ambages
• andar con chanchullos
• andar en boca de todos
• andar en lenguas
• andar en malos pasos
• andar por los cerros de Úbeda
• andariego
• andarríos
• andarse con rodeos
• andarse por las ramas
• dime con quién andas, y te diré quién eres
• echar a andar
• entre bobos anda el juego
• para andar por casa
• todo se andará

 

Related terms

• andamiaje

 

Noun

andar m (plural andares)

1. walk, pace, gait

   Synonyms: paseo, zancada

2. behavior, manner

   Synonyms: comportamiento, conducta, manera

References

Further reading

• “andar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

• ardan, darán, nadar

Swedish

Noun

andar

1. indefinite plural of ande

Anagrams

• andra, danar

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish andar (“to function”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔanˈdaɾ/ [ʔɐn̪ˈd̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: an‧dar

Noun

andár (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈ᜔ᜇᜇ᜔)

1. function; operation (of a machine)
2. progress; operation (of a business or an enterprise)
3. way or manner of movement or acting
4. start of an activity

Derived terms

• magpaandar
• paandar
• paandarin
• pag-andar
• pagpapaandar
• umandar

 

Related terms

• andaderas

 

Further reading

• “andar”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018