I prefer to travel

Question

How do you say and write the phrase: "I prefer to travel by..." In Spanish?

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Answer 1

Hello Seymour,

Welcome to the SpanishDict forum

You asked:

How do you say and write the phrase: "I prefer to travel by..." In Spanish?

In English the words remain the same whichever form of transport we take

eg: I prefer to travel by car, by plane, by bus, by boat, by train, by air, by sea etc...

The most common way is to say: Prefiero viajar en = I prefer to travel by

However, in Spanish it would depend on the words that follow, in this case, how you prefer to travel.

I will explain using examples:

Prefiero viajar ...en tren, (en) avión, (en) coche, (en) barco

to travel overland / by road = viajar por tierra / por carretera

Prefiero viajar por carretera = I prefer to travel by road

Source: Oxford English Spanish Dictionary (4th edn)

I hope this helps

Answer 2

I agree with Feliz77. We can also say ".... por medio de ....", ie: Prefiero viajar por medio de las dodge patas (play on words of "dos pies").

So if you are talking about the vehicle you use "en" but for the method you would use "por" or "por medio de"? Ej: "Prefiero viajar en avión" pero "Prefiero viajar por vuelo" o "Prefiero viajar por medio de vuelo" o quizás "Prefiero viajar por el aire"? - jellonz, Jan 12, 2016

Prefiero viajar por medio de avión / volar - 005faa61, Jan 13, 2016