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¿Para ir a la cathedral? How do I get to the cathedral? Is Para How or is there a another interpretation of this. My dictionary (indicando finalidad, uso) [for] indicando finalidad, uso Indicating purpose, use indicando dirección el autobús para Marbella = Indicating address = the bus to Marbella However Còmo se hace? = how do you do it. As a child I was taught Còmo meant how |
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Forget about literal translations. A translation works because it conveys the same idea, it doesn't repeat the same words.
Strictly speaking, the sentence is fragmentary, but the meaning is clear without a verb and subject. "Para" here means something like "in order to". The question is asking what do I have to do to get to the cathedral. "¿Qué tengo que hacer para ir a la catedral?" is a long unnatural sentence, so it's shortened. The "translation in English is using the equivalent natural expression you would use to ask the same.
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Would Para be more used than Cómo in this context as I used to say Cómo as a child on holiday.
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No, "para" has nothing to do with "cómo". It's the unexpressed part of the sentence what gives meaning to the question. See te previous explanation.
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