Andar: Full Conjugation

Andar means "to walk" or "to go" in a general, wandering sense. In spoken Latin American Spanish it is also a workhorse for "to be (up to)" or "to be going along" — ¿Cómo andas? means "How are you doing?" and anda enfermo means "he's (going around) sick."

Andar is regular in every simple tense except the preterite and imperfect subjunctive, where it takes an unexpected u-stem: anduve, anduviste, anduvo. This stem is shared with verbs like tener → tuve and estar → estuve, and it must be memorized.

Present Indicative

Preterite

These forms are unstressed on the ending (like tuve and estuve), so no written accents.

Imperfect

The imperfect is completely regular.

Future

Conditional

Present Subjunctive

The present subjunctive is regular — the u-stem only affects the preterite and imperfect subjunctive.

Imperfect Subjunctive (-ra forms)

The imperfect subjunctive is built from the preterite stem, so it inherits the u: anduviera.

Imperative

Non-Finite Forms

• Infinitive: andar
• Gerund: andando
• Past participle: andado

Common Uses

Beyond literal walking, andar is hugely common as a loose "to be" or "to go around (doing something)." Anda cansado, andan preocupados, ando con prisa.