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How do you "walk" a dog?

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After completing one of this course's Spanish lessons, I said "Me gusta caminar los perros" at the animal shelter. An American who speaks excellent Spanish said that there are several ways to say that I like to walk dogs, and that this one is correct.

But a Mexican woman who speaks excellent English says that it is incorrect, and I should say "Me gusta passar los perros."

I think that it is correct.

How do you say "I like to walk dogs"?

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updated Mar 30, 2011
posted by Vince53
"Passar" cannot even be Spanish spelling. That's definitely not Spanish. - lazarus1907, Mar 29, 2011

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To walk a dog is idiomatic as far as I know, so you use pasear instead.

Me gusta pasear los perros.

updated Mar 29, 2011
posted by someone09
I'm sorry. I flagged you by accident while trying to vote for you. - Vince53, Mar 29, 2011
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SpanishDict ! translator says

me gusta pasear a mi perro " i like to walk my dog"

updated Mar 29, 2011
posted by bill24
That's what someone from Spain would say. I don't know about other countries. - lazarus1907, Mar 29, 2011
The same in México Lazarus. - pacofinkler, Mar 29, 2011
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I am not aware of all the possible regional ways of expressing this, but "Pasear al perro" (to talk the dog) is not only used in Spain, but clearly indicated in any good monolingual dictionary (i.e. Spanish for Spanish speakers). Most dictionaries do not contemplate the possibility of walking other beings as a part of the Spanish language, so I assume you can't use "caminar" in most places.

updated Mar 29, 2011
posted by lazarus1907
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Has anyone ever heard or used "dar le(s) una caminata al perro (los perros)? I think you can also say, "sacar a pasear el perro".... smile

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updated Mar 30, 2011
edited by cristalino
posted by cristalino
Yes I ahve seen sacar a passar before :) - FELIZ77, Mar 30, 2011
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Me gusta caminar con perros. -I like to walk with dogs.

Me gusta pasear perros. -I like to walk dogs.

updated Mar 29, 2011
edited by Nemispark
posted by Nemispark
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Thank you, everybody. I hadn't realize that in Spanish, you don't "walk" a dog. I will use both

Me gusta caminar con perros. -I like to walk with dogs.

Me gusta pasear perros. -I like to walk dogs.

updated Mar 29, 2011
posted by Vince53
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quiero saver porque tengo mis correo esta en ingles y yo quiero apremder ingles no español porque yo se hablar muy bien español

updated Mar 29, 2011
posted by ZELIDE
Arriba pagina, haga click En Español. - dc-alien-z, Mar 29, 2011
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I think you can also say; Me gusta sacar a pasear los perros

= I like to walk dogs

I hope that also helps grin

updated Mar 29, 2011
edited by FELIZ77
posted by FELIZ77
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Me gusta pasear los perros. is the correct way to say it cool smile

updated Mar 29, 2011
posted by Ashi12