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Andar conjugation

Andar conjugation - to walk

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Andar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to walk, go, amble”.

Below are all of the conjugations for andar in Spanish, in all three moods (indicative/indicativo, subjunctive/subjunctivo and imperative/imperativo) and all of the tenses, for each pronoun.

The vosotros pronoun is mainly used in mainland Spain, and is the informal second-person plural – it could be considered the Spanish version of “y’all”. It is rarely found in Latin America, where ustedes is used instead.

The vos form is used instead of tú in some Spanish speaking countries of South America, especially the Southern Cone (e.g. Argentina and Uruguay) and has a different conjugation.

Andar Infinitive

English Infinitive to walk, go, amble
Spanish Infinitive andar

Andar Gerund and Past Participle

The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está andando) and past continuous (estaba andando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. walking).

The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he andado and hubiera andado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have walked).

Gerundio / Gerund  andando
Participio / Past Participle  andado

Andar Indicative Conjugations

The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.

Andar Presente / Present

The present tense is as it sounds – it’s for talking about things that are currently going on, which are habitual, or which generally exist. In English, this would be “I walk” or “they walk”.

Pronoun Spanish
Yo ando
andas
Él / Ella / Usted anda
Nosotros / as andamos
Vosotros / as andáis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes andan
Vos andás

Andar Preterite / Pretérito Indefinido

Your simple past tense, e.g. “I walked” or “she walked” in English.

In Spanish, there are two past tenses where just one is used in English; the pretérite infefinido is typically used to refer to a concrete, specific moment in time.

Pronoun Spanish English
Yo anduve I walked
anduviste You walked
Él / Ella / Usted anduvo He / she / you walked
Nosotros / as anduvimos We walked
Vosotros / as anduvisteis You walked
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes anduvieron They / you walked
Vos anduviste You walked

Andar Imperfect / Pretérito Imperfecto

The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was walking” or “she was walking” in English, and is typically used to describe things and set a scene, talk about events without a specific timeframe, or talk about habitual events or states in the past.

Pronoun Spanish English
Yo andaba I was walking
andabas You were walking
Él / Ella / Usted andaba He was / she was / you were walking
Nosotros / as andábamos We were walking
Vosotros / as andabais You were walking
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes andaban They / you were walking
Vos andabas You were walking

Andar Perfect / Perfecto

The perfect tense is for talking about things which happened in the past but are still related to the present or continue into the present.

In English, these use the auxiliary verbs ‘have’ and ‘has’ – i.e. “I have walked” and “she has walked”.

Pronoun Spanish English
Yo he andado I have walked
has andado You have walked
Él / Ella / Usted ha andado He has / she has / you have walked
Nosotros / as hemos andado We have walked
Vosotros / as habéis andado You have walked
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes han andado They / you have walked
Vos has andado You have walked

Andar Conditional / Condicional

The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would walk” or “she would walk”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.

Pronoun Spanish Englush
Yo andaría I would walk
andarías You would walk
Él / Ella / Usted andaría He / she / you would walk
Nosotros / as andaríamos We would walk
Vosotros / as andaríais You would walk
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes andarían They / you would walk
Vos andarías You would walk

Andar Future / Futuro

The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will walk” or “they will walk”.

It is more commonly used for making a hypothesis about the present. To talk about the future, Spanish speakers frequently use “ir + a + infinivo”, e.g. “van a andar” means “They are going to walk”.

Pronoun Spanish English
Yo andaré I will walk
andarás You will walk
Él / Ella / Usted andará He / she / you will walk
Nosotros / as andaremos We will walk
Vosotros / as andaréis You will walk
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes andarán They / you will walk
Vos andarás You will walk

Andar Subjunctive Conjugations

Andar Present Subjunctive / Presente de Subjuntivo

Pronoun Spanish
Yo ande
andes
Él / Ella / Usted ande
Nosotros / as andemos
Vosotros / as andéis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes anden
Vos andes

Andar Past Subjunctive / Imperfecto de Subjuntivo

There are two ways to form the imperfect subjunctive.

The first option sees verbs ending in -era (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ara (for -ar verbs), while the second sees verbs ending in -ese (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ase (for -ar verbs).

There is no difference between these two forms, and Spanish speakers use them interchangeably.

Pronoun Spanish era/ara Spanish ese/ase
Yo anduviera anduviese
anduvieras anduviese
Él / Ella / Usted anduviera anduviese
Nosotros / as anduviéramos anduviésemos
Vosotros / as anduvierais anduvieseis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes anduvieran anduviesen
Vos anduvieras anduviese

Andar Future Subjunctive / Futuro de Subjuntivo

The future subjunctive is no longer used in modern-day Spanish, apart from in literary and legal contexts, and there is no need to learn it.

It is formed the same as the past/imperfect subjunctive, but with -e endings instead of -a endings.

Pronoun Spanish
Yo anduviere
anduvieres
Él / Ella / Usted anduviere
Nosotros / as anduviéremos
Vosotros / as anduviereis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes anduvieren
Vos anduvieres

Andar Imperative Conjugations

Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “walk!” and “don’t walk!”.

Pronoun Spanish Affirmative Spanish Negative
anda no andes
Él / Ella / Usted ande no ande
Nosotros / as andemos no andemos
Vosotros / as andad no andéis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes anden no anden
Vos andá no andes

Andar Compound Subjunctive Tenses

Andar Subjunctive Perfect

Pronoun Spanish
Yo haya andado
hayas andado
Él / Ella / Usted haya andado
Nosotros / as hayamos andado
Vosotros / as hayáis andado
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes hayan andado
Vos hayas andado

Andar Subjunctive Past Perfect

Pronoun Spanish
Yo hubiera andado / hubiese andado
hubieras andado / hubieses andado
Él / Ella / Usted hubiera andado / hubiese andado
Nosotros / as hubiéramos andado / hubiésemos andado
Vosotros / as hubierais andado / hubieseis andado
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes hubieran andado / hubiesen andado
Vos hubieras andado / hubieses andado

Andar Subjunctive Future Perfect

Pronoun Spanish
Yo hubiere andado
hubieres andado
Él / Ella / Usted hubiere andado
Nosotros / as hubiéremos andado
Vosotros / as hubiereis andado
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes hubieren andado
Vos hubieres andado

Andar Subjective Progressive Perfect

Pronoun Spanish
Yo esté andando
estés andando
Él / Ella / Usted esté andando
Nosotros / as estemos andando
Vosotros / as estéis andando
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes estén andando
Vos estés andando

Andar Subjunctive Past Progressive

Pronoun Spanish
Yo estuviera andando / estuviese andando
estuvieras andando / estuvieses andando
Él / Ella / Usted estuviera andando / estuviese andando
Nosotros / as estuviéramos andando / estuviésamos andando
Vosotros / as estuvierais andando / estuvieseis andando
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes estuviera andando / estuviese andando
Vos estuvieras andando / estuvieses andando

Andar Subjunctive Future Progressive

Pronoun Spanish
Yo estuviere andando
estuvieres andando
Él / Ella / Usted estuviere andando
Nosotros / as estuviéremos andando
Vosotros / as estuviereis andando
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes estuviere andando
Vos estuvieres andando

Andar Vos Conjugation

Voseo is the practice of using ‘vos’ instead of ‘tú’ as the second-person singular pronoun, and is common throughout much of South America.

There are various versions of ‘voseo’ used throughout the Spanish-speaking world. The conjugations for the most common type – used throughout Argentina, parts of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguya and Uruguay are below.

The present indicative (presente de indicativo) and affirmative imperative (imperativo) have different conjugations from the tú form, while all other tenses generally use the tú form.

TenseVos Conjugation
Present Indicative
Presente de Indicativo
Vos andás
Simle Past / Preterite
Preterite de Indicativo
Vos anduviste
Imperfect Past
Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo
Vos andabas
Conditional
Condicional
Vos andarías
Future
Futuro de Indicativo
Vos andarás
Present Subjunctive
Presente de Subjunctivo
Vos andes
Imperfect Subjunctive
Imperfecto de Subjunctivo
Vos anduvieras / Vos anduviese
Affirmative Imperative
Imperativo
Vos andá
Negative Imperative
Imperativo Negativo
Vos no andes