ir por o a dar ??

Question

I was looking of the meaning of this word, ( después ) and when I receive the translation I was confused.this is the sentence that it gave me.

Vamos a dar un paseo después de comer. Why isn't it written with ir por in stead of a dar. in the sentence.

Vamos ir por un paseo después de comer. We will go for a walk after eating.

I though that a dar meant to give. and I just needed to know the reason.

Answer 1

"Dar un paseo" is a set phrase in Spanish meaning "to take a walk". The "a" is part of the phrase "Vamos a" meaning "we are going to..."

So, another way of translating this sentence would be something like "We are going to take a walk." Remember that you can't always translate things word-for-word; in Spanish, "Vamos ir por un paseo" doesn't make any sense, just like translating the Spanish literally and saying "We go to give a walk..." doesn't make any sense in English.

Answer 2

"Dar un paseo" is a set phrase in Spanish meaning "to take a walk". The "a" is part of the phrase "Vamos a" meaning "we are going to..."

Pumpkin is right.

And Vamos a ir por un paseo después de comer with the a is correct as well; it´s just not idiomatic like the phrase with dar. There are various idiomatic phrases constructed with dar.