andadura

From andar (“to walk, go”) +‎ -dura.

• IPA^(key): /andaˈduɾa/

andadura f (usually uncountable)

1. the act of walking or going
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 4v:

     Qvãdo lo ſopo labã al dia t̃cero. q̃ ſe ẏua priſo de ſos amẏgos. E fue trã Jacob. Andadura .vij. dias. e alcãçol en el mõte de galaath.

     [Quando lo sopo Laban al día tercero, que se iva priso de sos amigos, e fue tras Jacob, andadura siete días, e alcançó-l en el monte de Galaath.]

     When Laban came to know on the third day that he was fleeing, he took his relatives and went after Jacob, walking seven days, and he overtook him on the hill of Gilead.

• Spanish: andadura

From andar +‎ -dura.

• Hyphenation: an‧da‧du‧ra

andadura f (plural andaduras)

1. step, gait (manner of walking)

   Synonyms: andar, porte

• “andadura”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Inherited from Old Spanish andadura. Analyzable as andar (“to walk, go”) +‎ -dura.

• IPA^(key): /andaˈduɾa/ [ãn̪.d̪aˈð̞u.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: an‧da‧du‧ra

andadura f (plural andaduras)

1. gait
2. walking (the act of walking)
3. (figuratively) project, work, activity, process (long-term undertaking)
   • 2020 January 18, Jaime Santirso, “ByteDance empezó su andadura con un agregador de noticias, Jinri Toutiao, que recurría a la inteligencia artificial para adaptar sus contenidos al usuario.”, in El País:
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• “andadura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024