recorrida v recorrido

Question

I know the word "recorrido" means, depending on the context, walk around, a trip, a visit, a tour, etc. But I was stumped when I found "recorrida" instead of "recorrido" in an article in a major newspaper in Buenos Aires. I doubt it was a typo. "Recorrida" isn't found in SpanishDict. Is "recorrida" an Argentina thing? Anyone else ever heard "recorrida"?

Answer 1

This is something that I usually say: por ej: 'Hacete una recorrida y decime' (make a round (in order to check something) and tell me what do you think)

so you use it interchangeably? Una recorrida por el barrio San Telmo, for instance? Or is just when you're checking something out rather than just touring/visiting someplace? - malbecblend, Aug 24, 2014

jaja just tomorrow I'm going to do a 'quick tour' of the barrio de San Telmo and then I will go to the Boca's stadium :) mmh a quick check for something or a quick look, could be for a quick walk and I would say 'recorrido' if it is something longer - 003e54f5, Aug 24, 2014

I hope not to confuse you and it makes sense for you - 003e54f5, Aug 24, 2014

you are visiting San Telmo today? It rained all night and everything is wet. Maybe it will rain more today. - malbecblend, Aug 24, 2014

jaja yes! It is cloudy and raining right now! but I have to go anyway :) - 003e54f5, Aug 24, 2014

Answer 2

Per RAE

http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=recorrida

recorrida.

1. m. Ven. Soldado que tenía la función de supervisar los puestos de vigilancia.

Hmm, seems to indicate it is in Venezuela, not Argentina.

Do you have context, does this work.

while that is an interesting translation, it doesn't fit the context in which I found recorrida. Rather, it was used in the same, exact way recorrido would be used. But recorrida is not even in the SpanishDict. - malbecblend, Aug 24, 2014

I would go with Pablo, since he is from Argentina; I answered before him, and you gave no context, so I did my best. I even admitted that it was not from the country you had given as the only clue. You have been doing this long enough to know you get - bosquederoble, Aug 24, 2014

better answers with better context. :) - bosquederoble, Aug 24, 2014

Answer 3

The context for my question is a newspaper article discussing the crime problem in the outskirts of the city of Buenos Aires, what is called the conurbano bonaerense, or Greater Buenos Aires. Following a statement from a police chief in the city of Matanza, again outside of the Capital, in which he he relates an incident where police encountered criminals with weapons, took gunfire, but were able to make arrests, he says from now on his officers will wait for backup before going into such a dangerous confrontation. The article continues with the police chief saying:

"Hoy la mano está muy peligrosa."

En tanto llamó la atención que, durante la recorrida de casi tres horas que realizó por el distrito, LA NACION (the newspaper I'm quoting from) sólo advirtió el patrullaje de un móvil de la Gendarmería Nacional, nada más.

1) it wasn't a quick trip through the area; rather, it was almost 3 hours. So, in trying to figure out why it was a "recorrida" rather than a "recorrido," apparently length of time is not the controlling factor. Maybe because the tour of the district had the purpose of finding something out rather than just simply visiting means it is a "recorrida"?

2)And what is the "la mano" that the chief is referring to as being dangerous?

3) Finally, "en tanto" confuses me. What does that mean here?

here the journalist made a round in order to check something either about insecurity or police presence - 003e54f5, Aug 24, 2014

'la mano esta dura' is something like 'the current situation is difficult' - 003e54f5, Aug 24, 2014

too bad you have to be out in this weather. Thank you for your help. It is nice to get thoughtful answers from a local. I'll be staying out of the rain today and try to read La Nacion. So I'll probably have more questions. Btw, what about the translatio - malbecblend, Aug 24, 2014

n for "en tanto. .." above? - malbecblend, Aug 24, 2014