by the way she walks
I have seen this phrase "by the way she walks" said as "en su forma de andar." I was just wondering if any of these would be acceptable alternatives to use:
En su forma de caminar
En su manera de andar/caminar
En su modo de andar/caminar
En su estilo de andar/caminar
Mostly I am wondering about the effect, if any, of substituting andar for caminar and for substituting forma with another similar word.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks
2 Answers
En su forma de caminar.
En su manera de andar/caminar
En su modo de andar/caminar
En su estilo de andar/caminar.
The word "estilo" can be sound a little strange. We use more "estilo" for elegance, fashion, type of things (classification) and things like these.
We can say:
anda con mucho estilo (elegancia).
andaba estilo Marily Monroe (it is the way how this person is walking or uses to walking)
I mean "style" is a particular way of doing the things or it can be a type. On many occasion, we can change "style" for "type".
However, "manera", "modo", "forma" are similar. "Andar" and "caminar" are interchangeable.
Which is the context?
I do not know what you want to say, but I use to saying:
Por la forma cómo camina
From my point of view, it sounds more like: by the way she walks.
Yo adiviné que estaba cansada por su forma de caminar.
Yo adiviné que estaba cansada en su forma de caminar.
Yo adiviné que estaba cansada por su manera de caminar.
Yo adiviné que estaba cansada en su manera de caminar.
I think all the examples can be replaced by "andar" without any problems.
