camino

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road

sustantivo

camino
masculine noun
1. path, track (sendero); road (carretera)
  • camino de Santiago -> Milky Way; (astronomy) = pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela (religion)
  • camino trillado -> well-trodden path
2. way (ruta, vía)
  • el camino de la estación -> the way to the station
  • camino de -> on the way to
  • está camino de la capital -> it's on the way to the capital
  • a estas horas ya estarán en camino -> they'll be on their way by now
  • me pilla de camino -> it's on my way
  • en el o de camino -> on the way
  • por este camino -> this way
3. journey (viaje)
  • nos espera un largo camino -> we have a long journey ahead of us
  • ponerse en camino -> to set off
also:
  • caminos -> civil engineering (ingeniería)
4. (expresiones)
  • abrir camino a -> to clear the way for
  • abrirse camino -> to get on o ahead
  • fueron cada cual por su camino -> they went their separate ways
  • a medio camino -> halfway
  • estar a medio camino -> to be halfway there
  • quedarse a medio camino -> to stop halfway through
  • van camino del desastre/éxito (figurative) -> they're on the road to disaster/success

camino [cah-mee’-no]
noun
1. Path, beaten road; high road. (m)
2. Journey. (m)
3. Turn of a boat or cart, for removing goods from place to place. (m)
4. Gate, way, passage, road. (m)
5. Profession, station, calling. (Metaphorical) (m)
6. Way, manner or method of doing a thing. (Metaphorical) (m)
7. Drift, gait. (Minerology) (n)
8. Ship’s way rate of sailing. (Nautical) (n)
  • Camino cubierto -> (Mil.) Covert-way
  • Camino carretero -> road for carriages and wagons
  • Camino de Santiago -> (Astr.) Galaxy, the Milky Way; ir fuera de camino (Met.) to be put out of one’s latitude, to act contrary to reason
  • Procurar el camino -> to clear the way
  • Salir al camino -> 1. to go to meet a person. 2. (Met.) to go on the highway to rob.
  • De camino -> in one’s way, going along
  • Ful a Los Angeles y de camino hice una visita -> I went to Los Angeles, and on my way there I paid a visit
  • Echarse al camino -> to take to the roads, to become a highway robber
  • Ponerse en camino -> set out, start off
  • Camino vecinal -> country road
  • El camino a seguir -> the road
  • Vamos camino de la muerte -> death awaits us all
  • Después de tres horas de camino -> after traveling for three hours
  • Es mucho camino -> it’s a long way
  • Ir por el buen camino -> (fig.) to be on the right track
  • Traer a uno por buen camino -> (fig.) to put somebody on the right way
  • Todos los caminos van a Roma -> all roads lead to Rome

"camino" en el foro de Respuestas

P: I live on Camino Donaire
R: Don't forget everyone, we have a dictionary here, I double clicked donaire & the meaning is right there. New word for me.
P: el que sorprende, el que marca el camino
R: well yeah, it's a saying which means: the one who surprises (the one who is original), is the one that leads the trends. Aquel que sorprende es quien…
P: jazzed up along the way ....(por el camino)
R: I doubt you can find a mathematical equivalent like A=B. That sentence can mean different things depending on the context, o I need more info. Is this…
P: estoy bien,uoy camino a puerto plata.yo te estrano mi padre esta mejorando gracias
R: It is spelled incorrectly (I believe). Here is my translation: "I am well, I am going to Puerto Plata. I miss you, my father is improving. Thank you."…
P: Translation- No bengo de camino a Texas
R: > Gus said: > unable to find the verb "bengo o benir in my English-Spanich dictionary,.I found the verb "venir" which means to arrive.Unable to understand…
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