| 12.11 hacia |
hacia is used
when a place or a time is described in a vague manner.
It can be translated with towards
if used in a local sense. Then the preposition
para or in
dirección a could be used as well. If hacia
is used in a timely sense it means around
or approximately can
be substituted by alrededor de.| hacia = towards |
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Se
pusieron en marcha hacia Francia. = They set off towards France. |
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Se pusieron en marcha para Francia. = They set off towards France. |
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Se pusieron en marcha en dirección
a Francia. = They set off towards France. |
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Iban hacia el bosque hasta que encontraron al enano. = They went towards the woods until they met the dwarf. |
| hacia = around (timely sense) |
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Paso
por tu casa hacia las tres de la tarde. = Around three I'll come by your house. |
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Paso por tu casa alrededor
de las tres
de la tarde. = Around three I'll come by your house. |
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