"Dar un paseo" in English

Question

Could I say tomar un paseo or sacar un paseo instead of dar un paseo. I looked at the dictionary and found that dar means to give. gracias a todos

Answer 1

Dar un paseo (or "tomar un paseo" or "ir de paseo") - to go for a walk

Sacar al perro a pasear- to take the dog out for a walk

Pasear(se)- to walk

I'm glad you got around to saying that. - Jeremias, Nov 6, 2011

Answer 2

Take a walk = dar un paseo

go for a walk = ir de paseo

pasear = to stroll

Ah, again Chileno, thanks for an excellent response! I love to learn from you!! - territurtle, Nov 8, 2011

You're welcome and thank you! :) - chileno, Nov 9, 2011

Answer 3

If you are asking about allowing someone to pass, it should be ".... dar el paso a ......."

I think he is talking about walking the dog man. - jeezzle, Nov 6, 2011

Right, "paseo" not "paso." No more Cuba Libres for me tonight - 005faa61, Nov 6, 2011

Walking the dog man....sounds like something out of a 50s horror flick. XD - webdunce, Nov 6, 2011

Yep- I was wondering what a dogman looked like. - ian-hill, Nov 6, 2011

Answer 4

Hey, most of life is a little "give and take."

Sorry, couldn't resist making a bad joke about dar and tomar.

But, really, to "take" a walk honestly doesn't make much sense, either...not once you really think about it.

Nor does "To go for a walk" - sounds like "To go for a pizza" - "To go for a song" = "cheap" in England - ian-hill, Nov 6, 2011

Answer 5

I was just told that dar un paseo means "to go out" or "hang out"... is that true?

Hi Olya! I haven't heard it used that way. In English we sometimes say "Let's take a walk..." to mean "let's chat", so maybe it's a direct translation of that idea. - StuartSD, Feb 14, 2012

Thank you! - olya_uchenik, Feb 15, 2012

Answer 6

Getting to your original question, I am pretty sure you would not ever say

"Sacar un paseo". Sacar primarily means to take something out in the sense of to remove something. It can also mean to take in the sense of "to make", as in to take a photo. But not to take a walk.

It MIGHT be possible to say "Tomar un paseo", however, but I'm not a native speaker so there is some subtlety there I am not sure about. Maybe you could make a joke about taking a walk because your doctor told you to take a walk every day for your health, for instance, and tomar is used for "to take" medicine. Tomar meaning take means to take in - to take in the sun, to take in the air.

The default way to say "To go for a walk" is "Dar un paseo."