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Old August 19, 2009, 07:06 AM
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Originally Posted by irmamar View Post
In Spain we don't use "caminar" for a river, we say: discurre, pasa, corre, cruza. I think that we use "caminar" in a poetic sense. Anyway, I'd never say "el río camina"

About the car, we say: el coche no anda.
I have heard: El carro no corre. o El motor no corre-o- no arranca
o- no prende.
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