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caminar (verb) — to walk, travel, journey, cover, move, go, act, flow. Look up caminar in the dictionary

Caminamos junto al río por horas y nunca encontramos la cascada.
We walked beside the river for hours and never found the waterfall.
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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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Old August 16, 2009, 05:43 AM
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Today's word reminded me of a famous Spanish poem that was turned into a song years ago by Serrat.

Poema Caminante No Hay Camino de Antonio Machado


Todo pasa y todo queda,
pero lo nuestro es pasar,
pasar haciendo caminos,
caminos sobre el mar.

Nunca persequí la gloria,
ni dejar en la memoria
de los hombres mi canción;
yo amo los mundos sutiles,
ingrávidos y gentiles,
como pompas de jabón.

Me gusta verlos pintarse
de sol y grana, volar
bajo el cielo azul, temblar
súbitamente y quebrarse...

Nunca perseguí la gloria.

Caminante, son tus huellas
el camino y nada más;
caminante, no hay camino,
se hace camino al andar.

Al andar se hace camino
y al volver la vista atrás
se ve la senda que nunca
se ha de volver a pisar.

Caminante no hay camino
sino estelas en la mar...

Hace algún tiempo en ese lugar
donde hoy los bosques se visten de espinos
se oyó la voz de un poeta gritar
"Caminante no hay camino,
se hace camino al andar..."

Golpe a golpe, verso a verso...

Murió el poeta lejos del hogar.
Le cubre el polvo de un país vecino.
Al alejarse le vieron llorar.
"Caminante no hay camino,
se hace camino al andar..."

Golpe a golpe, verso a verso...

Cuando el jilguero no puede cantar.
Cuando el poeta es un peregrino,
cuando de nada nos sirve rezar.
"Caminante no hay camino,
se hace camino al andar..."

Golpe a golpe, verso a verso.
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That's a beautiful poem María José

Do you perhaps know if this song can be found/downloaded online somewhere?
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Caminamos mano que mano.

We walk hand in hand.

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¿Cuál diferencia entre caminar y andar?
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Caminamos mano que mano.

We walk hand in hand.

Es correcto?
We say: Caminamos de la mano
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¿Cuál diferencia entre caminar y andar?
As far as I know they both mean the same.
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Hay no razón para caminar en eses tiempos revueltos porque todo el mundo tiene un coche. Yo a veces camino para hacer más lento el mundo, es decir que se puede caminar para relajarse
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That's a beautiful poem María José

Do you perhaps know if this song can be found/downloaded online somewhere?
There is a video in YouTube (probably more). Check:

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