andábamos in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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I.andar1 VB intr

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3.1. andar + compl (estar):

andar
to be
¿cómo andas?
how are you?
¿cómo andas?
how's it going? inf
¿cómo andas?
how are things? inf
¿cómo andas?
what's up? Am inf
¿cómo andas de calcetines?
how are you for socks?
¿cómo andamos de tiempo?
how are we doing for time?
no anda muy bien de salud
he isn't very well
ando enfermo
I'm ill
anda un poco tristón
he's (looking) a bit gloomy
siempre anda con prisas
he's always in a hurry
anda siempre muy arregladita
she's always very well turned-out
no andes descalza
don't walk o go around without your shoes on
¿quién anda ahí?
who's there?
¿y Manolo? — creo que anda por América
what about Manolo? — I think he's in America somewhere
¿dónde andan mis calcetines?
where have my socks got(ten) o gone to? inf
¿dónde andan mis calcetines?
what's happened to my socks?
andar + ger
to be -ing
anda buscando pelea
he's out for o he's looking for a fight
la policía lo anda buscando
the police are looking for him
la policía lo anda buscando
the police are after him inf
quien mal anda, mal acaba prov
if you live like that, you're bound to come to a bad end

II.andar1 VB trans

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III.andarse VB vpr

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See also rodeo, rama, gata

cinta de andar, cinta de correr N f

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andar erizo Mex inf
to be broke inf
andar arrastrado Spain inf
to be hard up o broke inf

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andábamos in the PONS Dictionary

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I.andar irr VB intr

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4. andar (estar):

¿dónde está el periódico? — andará por ahí
where's the newspaper? — it'll be around here somewhere
andar atareado
to be busy
andar metido en un asunto
to be involved in a matter
andar haciendo algo
to be doing sth
anda mucha gente buscando empleo
there are a lot of people looking for a job
te ando llamando desde hace una hora
I've been trying to call you for an hour
andar con gente de bien
to mix with respectable people
los precios andan por las nubes
prices are sky-high
andar mal de dinero
to be short of money
andar mal de inglés
to be poor in English
andaremos por los 30 grados
it must be about 30 degrees
andar por los 30
to be about 30
no andes en mi escritorio
don't go rummaging in my desk

II.andar irr VB trans

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III.andar irr N m

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andar a gatas
to crawl
andar muy atareado
to be very busy

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andábamos Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

andar a la greña con alguien
to squabble [or bicker] with sb
andar por esos mundos de Dios inf (estar de viaje)
to be travelling all over the place
andar por esos mundos de Dios (estar perdido)
to be lost
comer la [o andar a la] sopa boba
to live off other people
tiene una extraña forma de andar
he/she has a strange way of walking
andar en la cuerda floja fig
to be in an unstable position
andar con dificultad sobre el barro
to plod through the mud
andar (de un sitio para otro)
go about
andar (de un lado para otro)
go around
andar de un lado para otro
run about
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