ándale- What is the infinitive?
What verb does "ándale" come from? At first I thought it came from "andar", but that doesn't explain the "le" part at the end. I also tried looking up "andalar", but apparently that isn't a verb.
Please and thank you!
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It is really from the word "andar". Wait for the natives for the exact meaning, but I think it's something like informal "come on!".
I would say 'ándale!' is more a Mexican espression - I believe in Spain you would say instead '¡apúrese! for: Come on! Hurry up!
"Andale", quite common in my experience, translates best to "get on with it" as well as Jason's posted suggestions.
I can remember shouting it/having it shouted at me often during Rugby football games in Chile when I/they thought that the target could run a little quicker.
Also used to encourage someone, you can say, ie:
Anda, tocame una canción. (Come on, play me a song).
hi! 
It's an interjection meaning "Come along!", "Hurry up!", or "Come on!"
yes informal but le means the thing, the movement which you need to accelerate on... Like move it!... it comes from andar.
No it isn't - it's the informal imperative.
If the "le" stood for "you" it'd have to be the Vd. form of "you" so 3rd person sing. However, "¡anda!" is Imperative for 2nd person singular. This means that the "you" here would have to be "te" therefore "!ándate!".
The Imperative for 3rd person sing. is "Ande!" so then it'd have to be "!ándele!" if anything.
I don't think there is anything reflexive here since then It'd really be "¡ándese!" wouldn't it ?
I believe the "le" must be standing for "it" here thereby saying something like
"You (informal) get on with it".
I've also heard the expression "vale" used to mean "let's go" or "get on with it".
I'm assuming that this comes from the verb "ir", 3rd person singular = "va" + "le".
It comes from andar. "Anda" is the formal command. "Le" is an indirect object pronoun that can mean "for you/he/she/it" or "to you/he/she/it" In this case it would be used "for you"
Andar can mean to move along, so ¡Ándale! would literally mean "Move along for yourself!" or simply put "Hurry!"
yes informal but le means the thing, the movement which you need to accelerate on... smile Like move it!... it comes from andar.
So why is 'le' used with ándale and 'te' used with muevete? Here I'm assuming that 'le' is not a person because you say that 'le' is the 'thing'. I guess what I'm asking is, is the 'le' used with 'andar' different from the 'le' used with 'le gusta', for example?. Thanks.
