andar
Spanish, noun/anˈdaɾ/
andar is spelled A-N-D-A-R (5 letters) and appears 34 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,499th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Andar is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “walk, pace, gait” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Andadura”.
What does andar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to walk, to go
- 2
to amble, to travel
- 3
to ride
Ando en bicicleta.
- 4
to function, to work, to run, to go
- 5
to pass, to go by, to elapse
- 6
to go about; to busy oneself with
¿Cómo andarse en las redes sociales?
- 7
to be, to feel
¿Cómo andas?
- 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.
noun
- 1
masculinewalk, pace, gait
- 2
masculinebehavior, manner
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ir de un lugar a otro dando pasos. 2. Ir de un lugar a otro algo. 3. Moverse un artefacto o máquina para ejecutar sus funciones. 4. Estar₉.
verb: 1. Con gerundios (andar + gerundio), denota la acción que expresan estos.
noun: 1. Andadura. 2. Suelo, pavimento.
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 andar
- ando first-person present singular
- anduve first-person preterite singular
- andado participle past
- andando gerund
- andada feminine participle past
- andados masculine participle past
- andadas feminine participle past
- andas indicative informal present
- andás indicative informal present
- anda indicative present singular
- andamos first-person indicative plural
- andáis indicative plural present
- andan indicative plural present
- andaba first-person imperfect indicative
- andabas imperfect indicative second-person
- andábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- andabais imperfect indicative plural
- andaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce andar?
- /anˈdaɾ/
- [ãn̪ˈd̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to andar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is andar in Spanish?
andar appears 34 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).