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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

andar

to walk

  • #51 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: andando
  • Past participle: andado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. eu I walk
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you walk
  3. nós we walk
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all walk

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

  1. eu I walked
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you walked
  3. nós we walked
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all walked

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

  1. eu I am going to walk
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you are going to walk
  3. nós we are going to walk
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all are going to walk

Imperfect

Pretérito Imperfeito · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. eu I used to walk
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you used to walk
  3. nós we used to walk
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all used to walk

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

  1. eu I would walk
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you would walk
  3. nós we would walk
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all would walk

Present subjunctive

Presente do Subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. eu (that) I walk
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (that) you walk
  3. nós (that) we walk
  4. vocês, eles, elas (that) you all walk

Past subjunctive

Imperfeito do Subjuntivo · “if I were”, “se …”

  1. eu (if) I walked
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (if) you walked
  3. nós (if) we walked
  4. vocês, eles, elas (if) you all walked

Future subjunctive

Futuro do Subjuntivo · “when” and “if” about the future

  1. eu (when) I walk
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (when) you walk
  3. nós (when) we walk
  4. vocês, eles, elas (when) you all walk

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você walk!
  2. vocês walk! (all of you)

How to use andar

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Eu ando meia hora todo dia depois do almoço.

    I walk half an hour every day after lunch.

  2. Past

    A gente andou pela praia até o pôr do sol.

    We walked along the beach until sunset.

  3. Future

    Hoje eu vou andar até o trabalho.

    Today I'm going to walk to work.

  4. Imperfect

    Quando criança, eu andava descalço na rua.

    As a kid, I used to walk barefoot in the street.

  5. Conditional

    Eu andaria mais se morasse perto do parque.

    I would walk more if I lived near the park.

  6. Present subjunctive

    O médico quer que eu ande todos os dias.

    The doctor wants me to walk every day.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se você andasse mais devagar, eu acompanharia.

    If you walked slower, I would keep up.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se a gente andar rápido, chega em dez minutos.

    If we walk fast, we'll get there in ten minutes.

  9. Imperative

    Ande com cuidado, o chão está molhado.

    Walk carefully, the floor is wet.

Good to know

  • "Andar" also says how you've been lately: "Ando muito cansado." And "andar de bicicleta" is to ride a bike.

Where you hear andar

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 3

  • Eu ando na praia todo dia. I walk on the beach every day.
  • Nós andamos muito. We walked a lot.
  • Ele vai andar devagar. He's going to walk slowly.

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 1

  • Eu ando bastante durante a semana. I walk a lot during the week.
  • A gente andou na avenida. We walked along the avenue.
  • Amanhã vou andar menos. Tomorrow I'm going to walk less.
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You Should See the Sunset

Beginner Level 3 · andar

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It Was So Good to Have You Here

Beginner Level 3 · nós andamos

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Not as Bad as I Thought

Intermediate Level 1 · ando

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I've Been Studying in Secret

Intermediate Level 3 · ando estudando · andam

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.