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viajar

to travel

verb byah-HAHR Less Common
Travel & Places Transportation

Usage Note

Viajar is the standard verb for travelling and is always intransitive in Spanish — you do not viajar un lugar but rather viajar a un lugar ('to travel to a place'). The noun viaje ('trip / journey') is closely related and extremely common. The expression ¡buen viaje! is the standard 'have a good trip'. Viajar en tren/avión/coche uses en for the mode of transport, not por or con.

Examples

"Me encanta viajar por Europa."

Natural Translation

I love travelling around Europe.

Literal Translation

To-me it-enchants to-travel by Europe

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