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ándale

AHN-dah-lehinterjectionInformal

A Mexican Spanish slang term. Browse all Mexican slang.

What it means

  1. Come on; hurry up. Urging someone along.

  2. That's it; exactly. Confirming that someone has understood correctly.

  3. Go on, please. Wheedling — ándale, ¿sí?

Examples with translations

  • ¡Ándale, que ya se va el camión!

    Come on, the bus is leaving!

  • —¿Entonces giro a la izquierda? —¡Ándale!

    'So I turn left?' 'That's it!'

  • Ándale, préstame el coche, solo una hora.

    Go on, lend me the car, just for an hour.

Where it comes from

From andar, 'to walk', plus the Mexican emphatic -le. Foreign audiences mostly know it from cartoons, which has given it an unearned reputation as a comic word; in Mexico it is entirely ordinary.