Meaning of andar | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to walk
   intransitive
2. to wander, to travel
   intransitive
3. to go, to proceed
   intransitive
4. to be or keep (doing)
   catenative
5. to search, catch or gather
   intransitive
6. to move
   intransitive
7. to be about to
   catenative

Equivalents

Examples

“-A que andas, ho? -Ando a correr!”

"Hey! What are you doing?" "I'm running!"

“Andas a saltar e caiches.”

You are jumping around and now you have fallen.

“A policia colleu a uns que andaban a roubar casas.”

The police captured some who were burgling homes.

“O Carpulla andaba á bosta. Cun cesto de aro colgado debaixo do brazo, iba e viña por camiños e carreiros recollendo canta alcontraba para facer esterco”

Carpulla ("Hunger") used to search for platters. With a hoop basked under the arm, he came and went on the roads and ways, gathering each one he could find to make manure

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