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Learn Spanish (Spain): andar - to go around doing something

Spanish (Spain)
/Going around doing something (andar...)
/andar

andar

Word

andar

Meaning

to go around (doing something)

Part of speech

verb

Pronunciation

Course

Spanish (Spain)

Lesson

Going around doing something (andar...)

Usages of andar

Él es muy despistado y siempre anda perdiendo las llaves.

He is very absent-minded and always goes around losing the keys.

¿Por qué andas dejando las cosas por todas partes? Eres muy despistado.

Why do you go around leaving things everywhere? You are very absent-minded.

Ando buscando el monedero negro, no el de mi madre.

I am going around looking for the black coin purse, not my mother's.

Ayer ella anduvo buscando el monedero por todo el piso.

Yesterday she went around searching for the coin purse all over the apartment.

Lo siento, es que ando rebuscando en el armario.

I am sorry, it's just that I am going around rummaging in the closet.

¿Por qué anduvisteis rebuscando por toda la casa?

Why did you guys go around rummaging through the whole house?

Andamos buscando los auriculares. ¿Los tienes tú?

We are going around looking for the headphones. Do you have them?

Ella anda perdiendo los auriculares porque es muy despistada.

She goes around losing the headphones because she is very absent-minded.

Mi padre anduvo preguntando por el llavero nuevo.

My father went around asking about the new keychain.

Yo que tú, no andaría dejando el llavero allí.

If I were you, I wouldn't go around leaving the keychain there.

Anduvimos rebuscando en el recibidor, pero no vimos nada.

We went around rummaging in the entrance hall, but we didn't see anything.

Mis hermanos andan dejando los abrigos en el recibidor.

My brothers go around leaving the coats in the entrance hall.

Eres muy desordenado, siempre andas perdiendo la cartera.

You are very messy, you always go around losing your wallet.

La casa está desordenada porque andan rebuscando por todas partes.

The house is messy because they are going around rummaging everywhere.

Ando buscando la lentilla izquierda.

I am going around looking for the left contact lens.

Ayer mi hermana anduvo rebuscando porque perdió la lentilla.

Yesterday my sister went around rummaging because she lost the contact lens.

Anduvimos rebuscando en la mesita de noche.

We went around rummaging in the nightstand.

Siempre andas dejando las gafas en la mesita de noche.

You always go around leaving the glasses on the nightstand.

Ando buscando el estuche rojo, no el negro.

I am going around looking for the red case, not the black one.

Andan buscando el estuche en el recibidor desordenado.

They go around looking for the case in the messy entrance hall.

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