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El carro sigue la flecha por el puente.

El carro sigue la flecha por el puente.
The car follows the arrow across the bridge.
From Lesson 319:Even when (aun)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about El carro sigue la flecha por el puente.

Why is por used to mean "across" instead of a través de?
In Spanish, por is the standard preposition for movement along, through, or across a physical space. A través de also means "through" or "across," but it usually implies penetrating or passing through the middle of an obstacle (like a tunnel or a crowd). For traveling over an open surface like a bridge, por is much more natural.
I've learned that seguir means "to keep doing" something. How do we know it means "follows" here?
It depends on the grammar that comes immediately after the verb. When seguir is followed by a gerund (an -ando or -iendo verb), it means "to keep" or "to continue" doing an action. But when it is followed directly by a noun, like la flecha (the arrow), it simply means "to follow."
Is carro the standard word for "car" across all of Latin America?
It is very widely used, especially in Mexico, Central America, Colombia, and Venezuela. However, in the Southern Cone (like Argentina and Chile), you will almost exclusively hear auto. While coche is the standard in Spain, it is also understood globally. As a B2 learner, it is good to recognize all three, but carro is perfectly natural here.

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