Inherited fromEarly Medieval Latinandāre, of uncertain origin.

andar (first-person singular indicative presentando,past participleandáu)

1. towalk
2. towork(function)
3. togo,be

   Ando bien. ―I'm alright.

4. togo out(with someone)

Inherited fromMiddle High Germanander, fromOld High Germanandar. Cognate withGermanander,Dutchander,Englishother,Icelandicannar.

andar (pluralandarn)

1. (Sette Comuni)other

   Diizar is péssor dan darandarn. ―This one is better than theother.

andar(Sette Comuni)

1. other(different)

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

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

   Anandars 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, bèarandarast? ―Only God could have created the world, whoelse could have?

• andarstbìa
• andarstba

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

andar m pl

1. plural ofandi

Inherited fromOld Galician-Portugueseandar, fromEarly Medieval Latinandāre, of uncertain origin.

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

andar (first-person singular presentando,first-person singular preteriteandei,past participleandado)

1. (intransitive) towalk

   Synonym:camiñar

2. (intransitive) towander, totravel
3. (intransitive) togo, toproceed

   Synonym:ir

4. (catenative) tobe orkeep (doing) [witha(+infinitive)‘doing something’]

   Synonym:estar

   -A queandas, ho? -Ando a correr! ―"Hey! Whatare you doing?" "I'm running!"

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

   A policia colleu a uns queandaban a roubar casas. ―The police captured some whowere burgling homes.

5. (intransitive) tosearch,catch orgather[witha‘something’]
   • 1927, X. Lesta Meis,Estebo, A Coruña: Lar, page106:

     O Carpullaandaba 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) tomove
7. (catenative) to beabout to[withpor(+infinitive)‘do something’]

• anda alá

andar m (pluralandares)

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 mesmoandar pregunto polo Señor pro mui logo o vin baixar

     arriving there I found his house, which is just straight down the promenade, on the samefloor 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, page183:

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

     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 itswalk

3. pace

   Éche unandar 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, slowpace which brings me. Since I'm drunk of wine, 'cause I don't drink water

   Synonym:paso

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

• “andar”, inDicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña:Royal Galician Academy,2012–2025

andar m

1. indefinitenominativeplural ofandi

andar f

1. indefinitegenitivesingular ofönd

andar (apocopated)

1. Apocopic form ofandare

• andrà,randa

Inherited fromOld Spanishandar(“to walk”), fromEarly Medieval Latinandāre, of uncertain origin.

andar (Hebrew spellingאנדאר)^[1]

1. (intransitive) towalk (with one’s feet)

   Synonym:kaminar

   • 2006,יעקב כולי,מעם לועז בראשית: לקט : בצירוף מבואות, גלוסאר ומפתחות‎^[1],הוצאת מכון מעלה אדומים,→ISBN,page113:

     I se tornoAvra'ham ande sus mosos, i se alevantaron ianduvieron djuntos aBeer Sheeva, i se detuvoAvra'ham enBeer Sheva unos kuantos dias.

     And Abraham returned whither his servants [were], and they got up andwalked together to Beersheba, and Abraham stopped at Beersheba [for] three days.

2. (intransitive) tomarch (walk ceremoniously)
3. (intransitive) tostep (put one’s foot elsewhere on the ground)
4. (transitive) to do(something)passionately

Borrowed fromPortugueseandar(“floor”).^[1]

andar m (Hebrew spellingאנדאר)^[1]

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

andar m

1. indefiniteplural ofande

andar

1. present ofanda
2. present ofande

Inherited fromEarly Medieval Latinandāre, of uncertain origin. Cognate withOld Spanishandar.

• IPA^(key):/ã.ˈdaɾ/
• Rhymes:-aɾ

andar

1. towalk

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

andar m (pluralandares)

1. walk(manner of walking)

FromProto-West Germanic*anþar, fromProto-Germanic*anþeraz, fromProto-Indo-European*h₂énteros. See alsoOld Englishōþer,Old Norseannarr.

• IPA^(key):/ˈan.dar/

andar

1. second
2. other

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

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

Inherited fromEarly Medieval Latinandāre, of uncertain origin. Cognate withOld Galician-Portugueseandar.

andar

1. (intransitive) towalk (with one’s feet)

• Ladino:andar,אנדאר
• Spanish:andar

• Ralph Steele Boggset al. (1946) “andar”, inTentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume I, Chapel Hill,page36

Inherited fromOld Galician-Portugueseandar, fromEarly Medieval Latinandāre, of uncertain origin.

• Hyphenation:an‧dar

andar (first-person singular presentando,first-person singular preteriteandei,past participleandado)

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

   Synonym:caminhar

   Estiveandando o dia todo, procurando por você. ―I’ve beenwalking all day, looking for you.

4. (intransitive ortransitive) towalk(to travel through a given path)[withemorporor(somewhat formal)transitive]

   Jáandei essa estrada mil vezes. ―I’vewalked this road a thousand times.

6. (intransitive) toride; totake; totravel by(to use a given mode of transportation)[withde‘a mode of transportation’]

   Ela estáandando de ônibus para economizar tempo.

   She’straveling by bus to save time.

   Andamos de cavalo ontem. ―Werode horses yesterday.

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

   Bons amigos sempreandam juntos. ―Good friendsare always together.

   Eleanda deprimido. ―Hehas been depressed.

10. (auxiliary) tohavebeen(to habitually or continuously do something)[withgerund]

    Synonym:vir

    Eleanda tentando consertar aquele carro. ―Hehas been trying to fix that car.

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

    Synonyms:estarem,visitar

    Eu jáandei pela França e Itália. ―I’ve alreadybeen to France and Italy.

    Faz algum tempo que o xerife nãoanda por aqui.

    It's been some time since the sheriffhas been around here.

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

    Synonyms:acelerar,ir

    Anda! ―Hurry up!

    Preciso deandar com o projeto. ―I need tohurry up with the project.

16. (intransitive) toproceed; topass; togo on(to continue in action)

    Synonyms:ir,passar

    Os mesesandam e eu continuo nesta situação.

    The monthspass and I continue on this situation.

    Esta fila nãoanda. ―This queue doesn’tmove.

18. (intransitive) tofunction; towork

    Synonym:funcionar

    Há meses que o meu relógio nãoanda. ―My clock hasn’t beenworking for months.

andar m (pluralandares)

1. floor,storey(level of a building)

   Synonym:piso

2. (Portugal)apartment,flat

   Synonym:apartamento

3. gait,walk(manner of walking)

   Synonym:andadura

• “andar”, iniDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital,2008–2025
• “andar”, inDicionário inFormal (in Portuguese),2006–2025
• “andar” inDicionário Aberto based onNovo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “andar”, inDicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora,2003–2025
• “andar”, inMichaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos,2015–2025
• “andar”, inDicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam,2008–2025

Borrowed fromItalianandar(“to go”).

andar

1. togo

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

Inherited fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*haʀəzan (withmetathesis).

andar

1. ladder

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

Inherited fromEarly Medieval Latinandāre, of uncertain origin.

The preterite's origin is unclear, most likely generalized from the preterite ofhaber(“to have”),hub- (note thatb andv are pronounced identically; compare the same development intener, and more alike to this verb,estar).

• IPA^(key):/anˈdaɾ/[ãn̪ˈd̪aɾ]

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• Rhymes:-aɾ
• Syllabification:an‧dar

andar (first-person singular presentando,first-person singular preteriteanduve,past participleandado)

1. towalk, togo

   Synonyms:caminar,ir

2. toamble, totravel
3. toride

   Ando en bicicleta.

   Iride a bicycle.

4. tofunction, towork, togo

   Synonyms:funcionar,marchar

5. topass, to go by, toelapse

   Synonym:pasar

6. togo about; tobusy oneself with

   ¿Cómoandarse en las redes sociales?.

   Howto go about social networks?.

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

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

7. tobe, tofeel

   Synonym:estar

   ¿Cómoandas?

   How do you feel?

8. togo 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 isgoing around that Mr. Fulano and Ms. Zutana are having an affair.

   Anda una tos que hay.

   There's a cough that'sgoing around.

9. (catenative) togo round (doing something)(describing interrupted, frequent activity)[withgerund‘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. togo out with, todate[withcon‘someone’]

    Synonym:salir

    ¿Quieresandar conmigo?

    Do you want tobe my boyfriend/girlfriend?

    Juananda con María.

    Juan and Maríaare dating.

12. (reflexive) togo away, toleave

    Synonyms:irse,marcharse,largarse

13. (reflexive,imperative) totake out, toremove oneself

    ¡Ándate de mi presencia!

    Remove yourself from my presence!

• 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 withestar in informal situations, althoughestar is generally more widely used.

andar m (pluralandares)

1. walk,pace,gait

   Synonyms:paseo,zancada

2. behavior,manner

   Synonyms:comportamiento,conducta,manera

• “andar”, inDiccionario 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

• ardan,darán,nadar

andar

1. indefiniteplural ofande

• andra,danar

Borrowed fromSpanishandar(“to function”).

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

andár (Baybayin spellingᜀᜈ᜔ᜇᜇ᜔)

1. function;operation(of a machine)
2. progress;operation(of a business or an enterprise)
3. way ormanner ofmovement oracting
4. start of anactivity

• “andar”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila,2018