What does the suffix -ismo translate to?

Question

I'm looking at Senderismo..

Sendero translates to a trail...

-ismo? Would that be like -ism?

So it translates to "trail-ism?"

I would like to understand... Thanks, Julia

Answer 1

In regards to -ismo, many times it will translate to "-ism", but not always. Such as with "Buddhism" = "budismo". In this case of "Senderismo" though, I do not believe it is like trailism at all...

Here is a list of suffixes and info I just found:

http://spanish.about.com/od/spanishvocabulary/a/intro_to_suffixes.htm

Upon re-reading the above page, it looks like for the most part "-ismo" and such spanish suffixes only translate to the english counterpart of -ism when the word is a cognate..

I don't really know all the rules or anything, this is purely speculation.

Answer 2

Sendero can also mean a path or way to accomplish a certain endeavor.

Senderismo: Rock climbing, hiking.

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senderismo