Andar conjugation chart
Andar present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I walk | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you walk | |
| vos | you walk | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she walks | |
| nosotros | we walk | |
| vosotros | you all walk | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they walk |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Andar preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I walked | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you walked | |
| vos | you walked | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she walked | |
| nosotros | we walked | |
| vosotros | you all walked | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they walked |
Irregular stem anduv- + -e, -iste, -o, -imos, -isteis, -ieron, with no accent marks.
Andar imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to walk | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to walk | |
| vos | you used to walk | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to walk | |
| nosotros | we used to walk | |
| vosotros | you all used to walk | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to walk |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Andar future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will walk | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will walk | |
| vos | you will walk | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will walk | |
| nosotros | we will walk | |
| vosotros | you all will walk | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will walk |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Andar conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would walk | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would walk | |
| vos | you would walk | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would walk | |
| nosotros | we would walk | |
| vosotros | you all would walk | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would walk |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Andar present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I walk | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you walk | |
| vos | that you walk | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she walk | |
| nosotros | that we walk | |
| vosotros | that you all walk | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they walk |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Andar imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I walked | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you walked | |
| vos | if you walked | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she walked | |
| nosotros | if we walked | |
| vosotros | if you all walked | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they walked |
Irregular stem anduv- + -iera, -ieras, -iéramos, -ierais, -ieran.
In the subjunctive, vos takes the same form as tú in careful speech. The imperfect subjunctive also has an -se form (anduviese), more common in writing.
Andar affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | walk! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | walk! | |
| usted | walk! | |
| nosotros | let's walk! | |
| vosotros | walk! | |
| ustedes | walk! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: anda. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (ande, andemos, anden).
Andar negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't walk! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't walk! | |
| usted | don't walk! | |
| nosotros | let's not walk! | |
| vosotros | don't walk! | |
| ustedes | don't walk! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + andes, ande…
Always the verb haber + the past participle andado, which never changes.
Andar present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he andado |
|---|---|
| tú | has andado |
| vos | has andado |
| él, ella, usted | ha andado |
| nosotros | hemos andado |
| vosotros | habéis andado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han andado |
Andar pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había andado |
|---|---|
| tú | habías andado |
| vos | habías andado |
| él, ella, usted | había andado |
| nosotros | habíamos andado |
| vosotros | habíais andado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían andado |
Andar future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré andado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás andado |
| vos | habrás andado |
| él, ella, usted | habrá andado |
| nosotros | habremos andado |
| vosotros | habréis andado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán andado |
Andar conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría andado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías andado |
| vos | habrías andado |
| él, ella, usted | habría andado |
| nosotros | habríamos andado |
| vosotros | habríais andado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían andado |
Andar present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya andado |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas andado |
| vos | hayas andado |
| él, ella, usted | haya andado |
| nosotros | hayamos andado |
| vosotros | hayáis andado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan andado |
In Latin America, ustedes is the only “you all”; vosotros is used only in Spain. Vos is used in Argentina, Uruguay and much of Central America. Uncheck the boxes above to hide what you don’t need.
Watch out
Andar isn't always walking: andar en bici is “to ride a bike,” and ¿cómo andás? is “how's it going?” The preterite is anduve, not “andé.”
Examples with andar
¿Cómo andás?
How's it going?
Anduvimos toda la tarde por el centro.
We walked around downtown all afternoon.
Me gusta andar en bici.
I like riding a bike.
Practice andar
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Verbs like andar
Irregular preterite (andar → anduve). Same pattern:
estar estuvehaber hubetener tuvehacer hicepoder pudedecir dijesaber supequerer quise