anda
Spanish, noun
anda is spelled A-N-D-A (4 letters) and appears 59 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,476th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anda is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “a bier or small platform, when carried by people (usually 4 or more individuals) to move a corpse or religious image” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of andar. With an accent, andá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of andar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Bastidor o armazón, sostenido por banzos, que apoyado en los hombros de los porteadores se emplea para el…”.
What does anda mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea bier or small platform, when carried by people (usually 4 or more individuals) to move a corpse or religious image
interjection
- 1
interjection to express surprise, wow, wait
¡Anda, cómo en la película!
- 2
come on
Cállate, anda.
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of andar
- 2
second-person singular voseo imperative of ir
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bastidor o armazón, sostenido por banzos, que apoyado en los hombros de los porteadores se emplea para el transporte de objetos voluminosos, o su exhibición pública en las procesiones. 2. En particular, aquel que se usa para transportar el ataúd durante las exequias.
interjection: 1. Interjección que denota sorpresa. 2. Interjección que se usa para hace ver que no se está de acuerdo con lo que el interlocutor ha dicho o para hacerlo actuar de modo diferente.
suffix: 1. Aparece en la composición de numerosos topónimos con valor locativo. Podría ser variante del sufijo -ana.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of anda
- andas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to anda
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anda in Spanish?
anda appears 59 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).