andare

Verb

andare

1. first-person singular pluperfect indicative of andar
2. third-person singular pluperfect indicative of andar
3. first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of andar
4. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of andar

Alternative forms

• andà (Tuscan)
• annà (Umbrian, Laziale)

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin andāre, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈda.re/

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• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: an‧dà‧re

Verb

andàre (first-person singular present vàdo, first-person singular past historic andài, past participle andàto, first-person singular future andrò, first-person singular subjunctive vàda, second-person singular imperative vài or và', auxiliary èssere) (intransitive)

1. to go [auxiliary essere]

   andare a casa ― to go home

   andare veloce ― to go fast

2. (intransitive, impersonal, third person only) to be agreeable (to), to be pleasing (to) (idiomatically, to feel like, to want/like) [with a ‘person with feeling’ and di ‘thing desired’] [auxiliary essere]

   non mi va di ballare ― I don't feel like dancing (literally, “it isn't agreeable to me to dance”)

   mi andrebbe del gelato ― I'd like some ice cream (literally, “it would be agreeable to me of ice cream”)

3. to enter, to take on, to experience [with in ‘a condition, emotion, etc.’] [auxiliary essere]

   andare in estasi ― to go into ecstasies

   andare in collera ― to get angry (literally, “go into anger”)

   andare in fallimento ― to go bankrupt (literally, “go into bankruptcy”)