facilitar + verbo

Question

¿Cuál es correcto?

• El nuevo coche me facilita llegar al centro.
• El nuevo coche me facilita el llegar al centro.

Gracias.

Answer 1

Grammatically speaking, both are correct. However, both sound equally unusual to me. I would say something like "El nuevo coche me permite..." Since you are using the term used in Spain for car, you probably want to express yourself like someone would over there.

• Thanks, Lazarus. This was just a sentence I concocted for an example. My core question is whether "facilitar + infinitive" is correct or if it should be "facilitar + el + infinitive" or "facilitar + a + infinitive," etc. - hhmdirocco May 20, 2011

Answer 2

Las dos son correctas, si no me equivoco.

Answer 3

Since you are the one being facilitated in arrival, rather the arrival being facilitated, because of "me," the first variant is correct.

• also llegar has a noun form " la llegada" rather than having to use the infinitive as a noun. - qfreed May 20, 2011
• Makes sense, Julian; insightful. I'm hoping for several native speakers to concur, so I can be sure. - hhmdirocco May 20, 2011