El barco de vapor. Silly question department.
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Yes I know what it is, I just want to see if you do!
Native speakers and advanced -please wait for us beginners to answer.
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updated Nov 21, 2014
edited by pacofinkler
posted by pacofinkler
You said "and" twice amigo... =) - DJ_Huero, Mar 24, 2011
A.d.d methinks! - pacofinkler, Mar 24, 2011
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We have one on the river, but they shut it down a few years ago.
steamboat?
updated Mar 24, 2011
posted by 0066c384
The scary thing is that one of the books I am reading is so old that it mentions this (steamliner) as the "modern" way of getting across the atlantic (versus a sailship). - Stadt, Mar 24, 2011
Well, versus sailing ships, it is, indeed, more modern. I once crossed the Atlantic by steamship (some fifty years ago). - samdie, Mar 24, 2011
My auntie speaks of her travels to europe by steamship also Samdie. - pacofinkler, Mar 24, 2011
The river boat here was a steam powered paddle-wheel. It is now a hotel on the river. - 0066c384, Mar 24, 2011
The book of which I speak was published in 1884, people travel in "carruajes"- and steamships were very modern. And politically correct was very different. The book actually uses "buque de vapor"and "buque de vela" now that I am home and can look at it. - Stadt, Mar 24, 2011
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Yes, it means "steam boat."
updated Mar 24, 2011
posted by Otravez
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In Venice (Italian, of course) they called it "vaporetto"
updated Mar 24, 2011
posted by pesta
But that's more often the equivalent of a taxi/bus as opposed to an ocean-going vessel. - samdie, Mar 24, 2011
Yes in Venezia it is the bus line. - pacofinkler, Mar 24, 2011
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It's obvious, so I won't say.
updated Mar 24, 2011
posted by lorenzo9
