Why "dar", Cuenco" and f sound in 19?

Question

In sentence 1 why is the verb "dar" which I thought means to give used instead of "ir"?

In sentence 2 I see Cuenco means basin. Is it being used to somehow mean since a young age?

In sentence 2, "19" is spoken with an "f" sound in it when I was expecting a "c" sound. . Is it a dialect, am I hearing it wrong, or am I wrong that 19 is "dieinueve"?

Thanks.

Answer

Hola Ubk,in the first sentence saying "Quiero dar la vuelta al mundo", "dar la vuelta al mundo" means to "go/travel around the world", where we are expressing an idiomatic expression meaning "to go around somewhere", for example you can also say "voy a dar la vuelta al bloque" (I am going to go round the block). Here the verb "dar" looses its general meaning "to give". In sentence 2, we refer to a city in Spain called "Cuenca", so it is not the common name "cuenco" that can mean "bowl" or "basin".I also checked the audio and when he is saying "19" he pronounces it correctly. You may hear something similar to an "f" because the pronunciation is "die - thi - nue -ve", and that "th" sounds similar to an "f".I hope this clarified it for you.SaludosInma