Andar Conjugation: all tenses with charts
andar — to walk
Present tense
ando, andas, anda, andamos, andáis, andan
Participle andado · gerund andando
andar — present
presente · What is true now, what happens regularly, and settled plans.
| yo | ando |
| tú | andas |
| él / ella / usted | anda |
| nosotros | andamos |
| vosotros | andáis |
| ellos / ustedes | andan |
andar — preterite
pretérito indefinido · A finished event that moves the story forward.
| yo | anduve |
| tú | anduviste |
| él / ella / usted | anduvo |
| nosotros | anduvimos |
| vosotros | anduvisteis |
| ellos / ustedes | anduvieron |
andar — imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · Habits, background and description in the past.
| yo | andaba |
| tú | andabas |
| él / ella / usted | andaba |
| nosotros | andábamos |
| vosotros | andabais |
| ellos / ustedes | andaban |
andar — future
futuro simple · What will happen — and guesses about what is happening now.
| yo | andaré |
| tú | andarás |
| él / ella / usted | andará |
| nosotros | andaremos |
| vosotros | andaréis |
| ellos / ustedes | andarán |
andar — conditional
condicional simple · Would: polite requests and unreal situations.
| yo | andaría |
| tú | andarías |
| él / ella / usted | andaría |
| nosotros | andaríamos |
| vosotros | andaríais |
| ellos / ustedes | andarían |
andar — present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · After wish, doubt, emotion and necessity.
| yo | ande |
| tú | andes |
| él / ella / usted | ande |
| nosotros | andemos |
| vosotros | andéis |
| ellos / ustedes | anden |
andar — imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · Past-tense triggers and si clauses about the unreal.
| yo | anduviera |
| tú | anduvieras |
| él / ella / usted | anduviera |
| nosotros | anduviéramos |
| vosotros | anduvierais |
| ellos / ustedes | anduvieran |
The -se forms mean exactly the same: anduviese, anduvieses, anduviese…
andar — commands
imperativo · the negative forms come from the subjunctive, which is why they never match the affirmative ones.
| Person | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| tú | anda | no andes |
| él / ella / usted | ande | no ande |
| nosotros | andemos | no andemos |
| vosotros | andad | no andéis |
| ellos / ustedes | anden | no anden |
andar — compound tenses
All of them are haber plus the participle andado — learn haber once and every compound tense comes free.
| Present perfect | he andado |
| Past perfect | había andado |
| Future perfect | habré andado |
| Conditional perfect | habría andado |
| Present perfect subjunctive | haya andado |
| Pluperfect subjunctive | hubiera andado |
Conjugate it yourself
Type the form — these are the cells people get wrong most often.
andar — yo · present
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