María Isabel decidió.....

María Isabel decidió.....
 

From "La Travesía de Enrique" by Sonia Nazario

"María Isabel decidió mandarse mudar al otro lado de la ciudad con su tía Gloria, quien vivía al lado de la abuela materna de Enrique."

My question is: Could you say ""María Isabel decidió mudarse al otro lado de la ciudad...." without changing the meaning of the sentence?

Thanks

I'd say yes. :)

I think there might be a subtle difference:

María Isabel decidió mudarse al otro lado de la ciudad.
MI decided to move to the other side of the city.

"María Isabel decidió mandarse mudar al otro lado de la ciudad.
MI decided simply to move to the other side of the city.
:thinking:

Or, maybe not. :D

Solo una pequeña corrección.

I had never heard "mandarse mudar" or "mandarse a mudar" before :thinking: . We say "mudarse". :)

Right. That phrase is wrong, however, very much used, at least in Chile.

I guessed it was used in Latin America. :)

My dictionary gives it as South American familiar, but not easy to translate:

un buen día se cansó y se mandó mudar
one day he decided he'd had enough and just walked out.

So "mandarse (a) mudar" means walk away (irse), not move (mudarse) :thinking:

I suppose so, but that would not make sense in the sentence in the OP (Opening Post :rolleyes:)

Yes, you're right. :)

And thanks for "translating" that OP. ;) :D

Correcto. generalmente a la punta del cerro...:rolleyes:

¿A la punta del cerro? :confused: Do you mean "enviar a alguien a 'tomar viento'"? (por decirlo fino... ;) ) :D

jajaja Sí. :D