anduvimos

Anduvimos is the first-person plural form (nosotros/nosotras) of the Spanish verb andar in the pretérito perfecto simple (simple past). It translates to “we walked” or “we went,” depending on the context, and is used to describe completed actions in the past.

Andar is an irregular verb in the preterite. Its stems change to anduv- for all the preterite forms, producing the full paradigm: yo anduve, tú anduviste, él/ella/usted anduvo, nosotros/as anduvimos, vosotros/as anduvisteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes anduvieron. The form anduvimos, in particular, is the natural past tense for “we …” activities or movements.

Common uses include describing physical movement or travel in the past, as in “Anduvimos por el parque dos horas” (We walked around the park for two hours), or more figurative movement, such as “Anduvimos buscando soluciones” (We went around looking for solutions). The preterite often appears in narratives to sequence past events.

Etymology and related forms: anduvimos derives from a stem change in the preterite that is shared by several other verbs with stems ending in -uv-, such as estar (estuv-) and tener (tuv-). This group is characteristic of Spanish irregular preterites, and knowing the stem pattern helps with recognizing and forming the other person forms.

In summary, anduvimos is a key past-tense form used for narrating completed actions involving movement or progress in the past, and is part of a broader set of irregular preterite verbs in Spanish.