andar
Meaning
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- (intransitive) to walk (to move on one’s feet)
- (intransitive,transitive) to walk (to travel through a given path)
- (intransitive) to ride; to take; to travel by (to use a given mode of transportation)
- (copulative) to habitually or continuously be in the given state
- (auxiliary) to have been (to habitually or continuously do something)
- (intransitive) to be around; to be to (to visit or be within a given area)
- to hurry up (to do something more quickly)
- (intransitive) to proceed; to pass; to go on (to continue in action)
- (intransitive) to function; to work
Frequency
Hyphenated as
an‧dar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɐ̃ˈda(ʁ)/
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese andar, from Early Medieval Latin andāre, of uncertain origin.
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