"Do you want to go on an airplane or on a boat?"

Translation: Você quer ir de avião ou de barco?

[Dr.Fandey]

Is "Vc quer andar de avião ou de barco" wrong? I read it in my manual on Portuguese as the way to say "to go by smth.(train, plane, ship etc.)"!

[Paulenrique]

As a question, andar de barco/avião seems to be an invitation for a leisure trip, usually to discover it for the first time. Ir de barco/avião is asking by what means of transportation you want to travel.

[Dr.Fandey]

Obrigado, Paulo!!! That manual is going to dump!! ))

[SeaOfSand]

I don't get it: "Você quer ir em um avião ou num barco?"
Why is "em um" only contracted in the second case? o.O

[Paulenrique]

It should be contracted in both!

[SeaOfSand]

Thanks. Will report next time i see it.

[Ilylukam]

Why not irse? That was a hint for the choices.

[Nancy720152]

Why not aeroplanes

[Rijk169768]

você quer ir de um avião ou de um barco, could this be marked right?

[Paulenrique]

No. You should not use an indefinite article here.