# andar
## Asturian
### Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin andāre, of uncertain origin.

### 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
## Cimbrian
### Etymology

Inherited 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

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /anˈdaɾ/ [an̪ˈd̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: an‧dar

### Verb

andar (first-person singular present ando, first-person singular preterite andei, past participle andado)
* (intransitive) to walk
    Synonym: camiñar
* (intransitive) to wander, to travel
* (intransitive) to go, to proceed
    Synonym: ir
* (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.
* (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 estercoCarpulla ("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
* (intransitive) to move
* (catenative) to be about to [with por (+ infinitive) ‘do something’]

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### 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 baixararriving 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
** 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 andarthe 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

* 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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* 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, 2012–2025

## 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

## Ladino
### Etymology 1

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

#### Verb

andar (Hebrew spelling אנדאר)
* (intransitive) to walk (with one’s feet)
    Synonym: kaminar
** 2006, יעקב כולי, מעם לועז בראשית: לקט : בצירוף מבואות, גלוסאר ומפתחות‎, הוצאת מכון מעלה אדומים, →ISBN, page 113:I se torno Avra'ham ande sus mosos, i se alevantaron i anduvieron djuntos a Beer Sheeva, i se detuvo Avra'ham en Beer Sheva unos kuantos dias.And Abraham returned whither his servants [were], and they got up and walked together to Beersheba, and Abraham stopped at Beersheba [for] three days.
* (intransitive) to march (walk ceremoniously)
* (intransitive) to step (put one’s foot elsewhere on the ground)
* (transitive) to do (something) passionately

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese andar (“floor”).

#### Noun

andar m (Hebrew spelling אנדאר)
* floor (in a house)
* apartment (domicile occupying part of a building)
* walk; walking (how one moves on the feet)

### References

* 1 2 3 “andar”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

andar m
* indefinite plural of ande

### Verb

andar
* present of anda
* present of ande

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin andāre, of uncertain origin. Cognate with Old Spanish andar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ã.ˈdaɾ/
* Rhymes: -aɾ

### Verb

andar
* to walk

#### Descendants

* Fala: andal
* Galician: andar
* Portuguese: andar

### Noun

andar m (plural andares)
* 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: /ˈan.dar/

### Adjective

andar
* second
* 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)

## Old Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin andāre, of uncertain origin. Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese andar.

### Verb

andar
* (intransitive) to walk (with one’s feet)

#### Descendants

* Ladino: andar, אנדאר
* Spanish: andar

### References

* Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “andar”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume I, Chapel Hill, page 36

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ɐ̃ˈda(ʁ)/ [ɐ̃ˈda(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ɐ̃ˈda(ʁ)/ [ɐ̃ˈda(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ɐ̃ˈda(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ɐ̃ˈda(ʁ)/ [ɐ̃ˈda(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ɐ̃ˈda(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ̃ˈdaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ̃ˈdaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ̃ˈda.ɾi/
* 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.
* (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.
* (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.
* (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) 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.
* (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.
* 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.
* (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.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* andante
* tresandar

### 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

### Further reading

* “andar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “andar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “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, 2003–2025
* “andar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “andar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Sabir
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian andar (“to go”).

### Verb

andar
* to go

### References

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

## Simalungun Batak
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *haʀəzan (with metathesis).

### Noun

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 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: /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)
* 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.
* (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.
* (copulative) to have been feeling; to feel emotions over a period of time
    Ando solitario últimamente.I have been feeling lonely lately.
* 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.
* (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

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine 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 a la chucha
* andarse con rodeos
* andarse por las ramas
* cómo andas
* 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)
* walk, pace, gait
    Synonyms: paseo, zancada
* behavior, manner
    Synonyms: comportamiento, conducta, manera

### 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
* indefinite plural of ande

### Anagrams

* andra, danar

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish andar (“to function”).

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

andár (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈ᜔ᜇᜇ᜔)
* function; operation (of a machine)
* progress; operation (of a business or an enterprise)
* way or manner of movement or acting
* 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