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:

     Qvádo lo ſopo labá al dia t́cero. q́ ſe ẏua priſo de ſos amẏgos. E fue trá Jacob. Andadura .vij. dias. e alcáçol en el móte 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 Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014