Andes - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Possible base forms

Andes
andar (Verb)
andarse (Verb)

Nouns

the Andes  pl. [GEOG.]	los Andes  m. pl.
Andean condor [ZOOL.]	cóndor de los Andes   Lat.: Vultur gryphus   [Ornithology]
western emerald [ZOOL.]	esmeralda de los Andes occidentales   Lat.: Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus   [Ornithology]

Verbs

to walk  | walked, walked |	andar
to march  | marched, marched |	(ir a) andar
to move around  | moved, moved |	(ir a) andar
to ambulate  | ambulated, ambulated | [form.]   also   technical usage	andar
to go  | went, gone |	andarse
to leave  | left, left |	andarse
to be off	andarse
to ramble  | rambled, rambled |   - walk	(ir a) andar
to tramp  | tramped, tramped |   - hike	(ir a) andar
to function  | functioned, functioned |	andar   - reloj, máquina
to operate  | operated, operated |	andar   - reloj, máquina
to roam  | roamed, roamed |	andar   - sin un destino definido
to work  | worked, worked |   - to function	andar   - reloj, máquina
to be mistaken  | was, been |	andar errado

Phrases / Collocations

why	¡anda!
to walk on eggshells [fig.]	andar con cien ojos
to walk on eggshells [fig.]	andar con pies de plomo
to lumber  | lumbered, lumbered |	andar a tientas
to be wary of sth.  | was, been |	andarse con cuidado
to prevaricate  | prevaricated, prevaricated |	andarse con rodeos
to stall  | stalled, stalled |   - delay	andarse con rodeos
to walk on eggshells [fig.]	andar con tiento
to do nothing  | did, done |	andar de nones [coll.]
to pussyfoot around [coll.] [fig.]	andarse con rodeos [fig.]
to beat around the bush [coll.] [fig.]	andarse con rodeos
to beat around the bush [coll.] [fig.]	andarse por las ramas [fig.]
to watch one's step   - behave cautiously	andarse con cuidado [fig.]
to scurry  | scurried, scurried |	andar a pasitos cortos

Examples

If you continue straight ahead, you'll reach the park.	Si sigues andando recto, llegarás al parque.
His home is not far from here. We can walk there.	Su casa no está lejos de aquí. Podemos ir andando.
The lift has broken down, you will have to walk up the six floors.	El ascensor se ha estropeado, tendréis que subir los seis pisos andando. (Span.)
The lift has broken down, you will have to walk up the six floors.	El elevador se ha estropeado, tendréis que subir los seis pisos andando. (Lat. Am.: Cuba, El Salv., Guat., Méx.)

Orthographically similar words

anode, Manes, tands

Aedes, ánade, andas, andén, antes, Antes, arnés, danés, Hades