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andar

Pronunciation: /ɐ̃ˈda(ʁ)/

“andar” is a Portuguese word. Its 12 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to walk (to move on one’s feet)
  2. to walk (to travel through a given path)
  3. to ride; to take; to travel by (to use a given mode of transportation)
  4. to habitually or continuously be in the given state
  5. to have been (to habitually or continuously do something)
  6. to be around; to be to (to visit or be within a given area)
  7. to hurry up (to do something more quickly)
  8. to proceed; to pass; to go on (to continue in action)
  9. to function; to work

noun

  1. floor, storey (level of a building)
  2. apartment, flat
  3. gait, walk (manner of walking)

In Portuguese

  1. piso de um edifício sobre o qual pode-se andar
  2. maneira de andar, de caminhar
  3. locomover-se com as pernas, dando passos; caminhar
  4. ter estado (locução verbal): usa-se, antes de adjetivo, para indicar ação ou estado recente e constante
  5. transportar-se como condutor ou ser transportado como passageiro em veículo automotivo
  6. ser proprietário de veículo automotor
  7. danar
  8. nadar

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese andar, from Early Medieval Latin andāre, of uncertain origin.

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