andar

Asturian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *andō, *andāre of disputed origin. Compare Portuguese, Spanish, and Galician andar and Italian andare.

Verb

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

to walk
to work (function)
to go, be
Ando bien. ― I'm alright.
to go out (with someone)

Conjugation

Conjugation of andar

person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
infinitive		andar
gerundive		andando
participle		m andáu, f andada, n andao, m pl andaos, f pl andaes
indicative	present	ando	andas	anda	andamos	andáis	andan
	preterite imperfect	andabe	andabes	andaba	andábemos	andábeis/andábais	andáben
	preterite indefinite	anduve	anduviesti	anduuvo	anduvimos	anduvisteis	anduvorin/anduvieron
	pluperfect	anduviera	anduvieras	anduviera	anduviéramos	anduvierais	anduvieran
subjunctive	present	ande	andis	andi	andimos	andís	andin
subjunctive	preterite imperfect	anduviere	anduvieres	anduviere	anduviéremos	anduviéreis	anduvieren
potential	future	andaré	andarás	andará	andaremos	andaréis	andarán
potential	conditional	andaríe	andaríes	andaría	andaríamos/andaríemos	andaríais/andaríeis	andaríen
imperative			anda			andái

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)

(Sette Comuni) other
Diizar is péssor dan dar andarn. ― This one is better than the other.

Adjective

andar (Sette Comuni)

other (different)
An andarn tag khimmich so bènnandich. ― I'll come to see you on another day.
other (not the one or ones previously referred to)
An andars khint is khèmmet at dar bèlte ― Another child has come into the world.
(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

plural of andi

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese andar, from Vulgar Latin *andō, *andāre of disputed origin. Compare Portuguese and Spanish andar and Italian andare.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /anˈdaɾ/

Verb

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

to walk
Synonym: camiñar
to wander, to travel
to go, to proceed
Synonym: ir
(with a and a verb in infinitive, auxiliary) to be doing or keep doing
-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.
Synonym: estar
(with a and a noun) to search, catch or gather
- 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
(transitive) to move
(with por and a verb in infinitive) to be about to

Conjugation

Conjugation of andar

	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
Infinitive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal	andar
personal	andar	andares	andar	andarmos	andardes	andaren
Gerund
	andando
Past participle	singular			plural
masculine	andado			andados
feminine	andada			andadas
Indicative	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
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	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	ande	andes	ande	andemos	andedes	anden
preterite	andase	andases	andase	andásemos	andásedes	andasen
future	andar	andares	andar	andarmos	andardes	andaren
Imperative	–	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative	–	anda	ande	andemos	andade	anden
negative	–	andes	ande	andemos	andedes	anden

Derived terms

anda alá

Noun

andar m (plural andares)

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
walk, pace, gait
- c1300, R. Martínez López (ed.), 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
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

“andar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“andar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
“andar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“andar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“andar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “andar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Icelandic

Noun

andar m

indefinite nominative plural of andi

Noun

andar f

indefinite genitive singular of önd

Italian

Verb

andar (apocopated)

Apocopic form of andare

Anagrams

andrà, randa

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

andar m

indefinite plural of ande

Verb

andar

present of anda
present of ande

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *anþar, see also Old English ōþer, Old Norse annarr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈan.dar/

Adjective

andar

second
other

Descendants

Middle High German: ander
- Cimbrian: andar
- German: anderer, ander
- Hunsrik: anere
- Luxembourgish: aner
- Mòcheno: ònder
- Yiddish: אַנדער‎ (ander)

References

Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer

Old Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *andō, *andāre of disputed origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ã.ˈdaɾ/

Verb

andar

to walk

Descendants

Fala: andal
Galician: andar
Portuguese: andar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese andar, from Vulgar Latin *andō, *andāre of disputed origin. Compare Spanish andar, Italian andare, compare also Catalan anar and French aller.

Pronunciation

(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/

Hyphenation: an‧dar

Verb

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

(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.
(transitive with em or por or with no preposition (somewhat formal)) to walk (to travel through a given path)
Já andei essa estrada mil vezes. ― I’ve walked this road a thousand times.
(transitive with de) to ride; to take; to travel by (to use a given 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.
(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.
(auxiliary with a verb in the gerund) to have been (to habitually or continuously do something)
Synonym: vir
Ele anda tentando consertar aquele carro. ― He has been trying to fix that car.
(transitive with por) to be around; to be to (to visit or be within a given area)
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 .
(intransitive, or transitive with com) to hurry up (with) (to do something more quickly)
Synonyms: acelerar, ir
Anda! ― Hurry up!
Preciso andar com o projeto. ― I need to hurry up with the project.
(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.
(intransitive) to function; to work
Synonym: funcionar
Há meses que o meu relógio não anda. ― My clock hasn’t been working for months.
inflection of andar:
1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive

Conjugation

Conjugation of andar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	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

¹Brazil.
²Portugal.

Noun

andar m (plural andares)

floor, storey (level of a building)
Synonym: piso
(Portugal) apartment, flat
Synonym: apartamento
gait, walk (manner of walking)
Synonym: andadura

Sabir

Etymology

From Italian andar (“to go”).

Verb

andar

to go

References

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

Simalungun Batak

Etymology

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

Adjective

andar

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 Vulgar Latin *andō, *andāre, of uncertain origin. Possibly a doublet of amblar (“amble”). Compare Portuguese andar, Italian andare. Compare also Catalan anar, French aller. 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]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: an‧dar

Noun

andar m (plural andares)

walk, pace, gait
behavior, manner

Verb

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

to walk, to go
Synonyms: caminar, ir
to amble, to travel
to ride
Ando en bicicleta.
I ride a bicycle.
to function, to work, to go
Synonyms: funcionar, marchar
to pass, to go by, to elapse
Synonym: pasar
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.
to be, to feel
Synonym: estar
¿Cómo andas?
How do you feel?
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.
(with gerund) to go round doing something (describing interrupted, frequent activity)
Anda escribiendo un libro.
She's writing a book on and off.
(transitive) to have been feeling; to feel emotions over a period of time
Ando solitario últimamente.
I have been feeling lonely lately.
(with con) to go out with, to date
Synonym: salir
¿Quieres andar conmigo?
Do you want to be my boyfriend/girlfriend?
Juan anda con María.
Juan and María are dating.
(reflexive) to go away, to leave
Synonyms: irse, marcharse, largarse
(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

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

		singular			plural
infinitive			andar
gerund			andando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		andado		andada
		plural		andados		andadas
		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	andas^{^tú} andás^{^vos}	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	andes^{^tú} andés^{^vos²}	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		anda^{^tú} andá^{^vos}	ande	andemos	andad	anden
	negative		no andes	no ande	no andemos	no andéis	no anden

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

Selected combined forms of andar (irregular)

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

		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

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

		singular			plural
infinitive			andarse
gerund			andándose
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		andado		andada
		plural		andados		andadas
		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 andas^{^tú} te andás^{^vos}	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 andes^{^tú} te andés^{^vos²}	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		ándate^{^tú} andate^{^vos}	ándese	andémonos	andaos	ándense
	negative		no te andes	no se ande	no nos andemos	no os andéis	no se anden

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

Derived terms

andada
andadera
andador
andadora
andadura
andamio
andana
andante
andanza
andar a las chapas
andar como quinceañera
andar con ambages
andar con chanchullos
andariego
andar por los cerros de Úbeda
andarríos
andarse con rodeos
andarse por las ramas
dime con quién andas, y te diré quién eres
echar a andar
para andar por casa

Related terms

andamiaje

References

Anagrams

ardan, darán, nadar

Swedish

Noun

andar

indefinite plural of ande.

Anagrams

andra, danar

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish andar (“to function”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: an‧dar

IPA^(key): /ʔanˈdaɾ/, [ʔɐnˈdaɾ]

Noun

andár

function; operation (of a machine)
progress; operation (of a business or an entreprise)
way or manner of movement or acting
start of an activity

Derived terms

magpaandar
paandar
paandarin
pag-andar
pagpapaandar
umandar

[1] Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “andar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

andar

Asturian

Etymology

Verb

Conjugation

Cimbrian

Etymology

Pronoun

Adjective

Derived terms

References

Faroese

Noun

Galician

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Derived terms

Noun

References

Further reading

Icelandic

Noun

Noun

Italian

Verb

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

Verb

Old High German

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Descendants

References

Old Portuguese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Descendants

Portuguese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Noun

Further reading

Sabir

Etymology

Verb

References

Simalungun Batak

Etymology

Adjective

References

Spanish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Verb

Usage notes

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Further reading

Anagrams

Swedish

Noun

Anagrams

Tagalog

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms