anduve

Anduve is the first-person singular form of the Spanish verb andar in the pretérito indefinido (preterite). It indicates a completed action of moving or traveling in the past, and can also convey a sense of having been around or wandered. The form anduve is part of an irregular preterite pattern in which the stem changes to anduv- for all persons.

Conjugation in the preterite is regular across persons, but with the irregular stem anduv-: yo anduve, tú anduviste, él/ella/usted anduvo, nosotros anduvimos, vosotros anduvisteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes anduvieron. This stem change is shared with a small group of verbs in Spanish that use the -uv- stem in the preterite, such as estar (estuve, estuviste, estuvo, etc.) and others, though the meanings differ.

Usage and nuance: anduve is used to describe actions completed in the past, often involving movement, travel, or a state reached during a past time frame. It can be complemented with place phrases (por el centro, por el parque) or with time expressions (ayer, hace dos horas). The imperfect form andaba, in contrast, describes ongoing or habitual past actions (I was walking, I used to walk). The phrase anduve por la ciudad, for example, emphasizes a completed period of walking rather than an ongoing activity.

See also: andar as an intransitive verb meaning to walk, to go around, or to function, and its related expressions and tenses.