To climb over something

Question

I'm interesting in knowing how Spanish speakers would translate climbing over something.

Eg: The children climbed over the wall.

And if people use saltar, eg. 'los niños saltaron el muro', how do they know the difference between 'jumping' and 'climbing over'?

Answer 1

¡Hola!, Kiwi:

 

See the SD Dictionary at the word "Climb" here ---> Climb

 

In Particular, see the third definition from Collins "to climb over a wall = franquear or saltar una tapia".

 

Saludos/Regards,

Moe

Hey Moe... Franquear means to get rid of hurdles, not to climb over. It also means to stamp, to be candid, to put postage on a letter. - francobollo, Sep 20, 2012

I guess that is where we get , the letter was " franked: at the post office. - ray76, Sep 20, 2012

Answer 2

Thanks Franco, so if I wanted to say they climbed the wall, I could say 'saltaron al muro' - but if I wanted to say they climbed over could I just say 'saltaron 'el' muro'?

Also does pasar or trepar por encima de make it clearer? Pasaron/Treparon por encima del muro.

Pasar por encima del muro is wordy but understandable. Brincar(se) or saltar(se) el muro leave no doubt of a wall being climbed over. - francobollo, Sep 19, 2012

Saltaron el muro (never al) means to climb over the wall. Se treparon al muro or se subieron al muro mean to only climb the wall - francobollo, Sep 19, 2012

ok kewl thanks - Kiwi-Girl, Sep 19, 2012

Answer 3

Se treparon al muro / Se subieron al muro (They climbed the wall but did not necessarily go over the other side).

Brincarse el muro does imply climbing over to the other side of the wall.

Jumping can be brincar or saltar (or you can aid yourself with the ver dar to say dar brincos or dar saltos), which both imply to jump or to hop.