andar

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’]

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

Noun

andar m

1. indefinite nominative plural of andi

Noun

andar f

1. indefinite genitive singular of önd

Verb

andar (apocopated)

1. Apocopic form of andare

Anagrams

• andrà, randa

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

References

Noun

andar m

1. indefinite plural of ande

Verb

andar

1. present of anda
2. present of ande

Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin andāre, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ã.ˈdaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Verb

andar

1. to walk

Noun

andar m (plural andares)

1. walk (manner of walking)

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

References

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• 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.

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

Etymology

From Italian andar (“to go”).

Verb

andar

1. to go

References

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

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.

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]

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• 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!

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

Noun

andar

1. indefinite plural of ande

Anagrams

• andra, danar

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

Further reading

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