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Old August 16, 2009, 04:38 AM
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This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for August 16, 2009

caminar (verb) — to walk, travel, journey, cover, move, go, act, flow. Look up caminar in the dictionary
Interesting, most words seem to have cognitive relations (i.e. all meaning to walk or move /travel).

Unas preguntitas.

1. Cover = to cover a certain distance (not to cover with a blanket eg?).
E.g. we covered a stretch of 3 miles today?
If you use 'caminar' here would people usually assume you covered this distance walking or can it be used more generally?

2. To act. This strikes me as interesting because it seems rather different from the other meanings? In the translations list it is said to be 'to behave'.

So could one say e.g.:
'Ayer el niño (se?) caminó muy mal durante la cena' e.g.?

3. Flow - Is this pertaining to a river or water flowing or more in figurative speech? e.g.
'El río camina del norte del país al sur' ?

Or can you also say this for instance about tears flowing, or a runny nose?

4. If you would use 'caminar' in terms of a journey or trip could you use this regardless of the type of vehicle or transportation (bike, train, car etc) or would it be more usual to use other verbs in that case?
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