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Spanish people refer to their language as Espanol ('español') when contrasting it with languages of other countries, but call it Castilian ('castellano') if comparing it with other languages and dialects of Spain
Spanish syntax is generally Subject-Verb-Object, and usually places adjectives after nouns
With a population of around 106 million people, Mexico is the most populated Spanish-speaking country in the world
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Los transportes
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Desde que los seres humanos inventaron la rueda, los medios de transporte han evolucionado mucho, desde la bicicleta, pasando por el coche, el tren o el avión. Con las naves espaciales, el sueno de poder viajar al espacio es una realidad.
Dependiendo del tipo de viaje que se quiere hacer, podemos escoger entre muchas alternativas.
Para las grandes distancias lo mejor es el avión, el tren o el barco.
Para las distancias cortas, el coche, la moto o la bicicleta, aunque también los patines o el monopatÃn.
En algunas ciudades existen autobuses, trolebuses y tranvÃas. El metro, cada vez es más importante en las grandes ciudades, donde hay tanto tráfico que es difÃcil llegar a tiempo a todas partes. En las ciudades también podemos utilizar los taxis.
En las zonas rurales encontramos vehÃculos para trabajar la tierra y cuidar el ganado. Se utilizan tractores, cosechadoras, remolques, carros (aunque estos últimos, están desapareciendo cada vez más).
Los mejores medios para transportar mercancÃas, por tierra, son los camiones, las furgonetas, los coches y el tren.
Cuando las cantidades que hay que transportar son muchas, de gran tamaño y se quieren enviar a lugares lejanos, los mejores medios de transporte son el barco o el avión.
Además, hay otro tipo de transportes, como el globo, la avioneta o el zeppelÃn...
Para todo el mundo lo más importante de los transportes suele ser la comodidad, la seguridad y la velocidad. Aunque a mucha gente le interesan mucho los diferentes modelos, las marcas o una capacidad especÃfica, como por ejemplo, la capacidad que tenga el vehÃculo para correr.
En la actualidad, hay una gran preocupación por el medio ambiente y la contaminación, el tiempo o la salud. Por eso se sigue investigando la posibilidad de inventar nuevos medios de transporte utilizando la nueva tecnologÃa.
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