camiño

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) path, road
2. (masculine) route, way

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of camiñar

Hyphenated as

ca‧mi‧ño

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaˈmiɲo/

Etymology

13th century. Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese camĩo, from Late Latin cammīnus; probably from Gaulish, although the earliest documentation of the word is from the 7th century, in Hispania. From Proto-Celtic *kanxsman-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng- (“to limp”). Cognate with Welsh camm, Irish céim, Celtiberian [Term?] (kamanom). Compare Portuguese caminho.

Sentences

Estaba plenamente convencido de que estaba no camiño do éxito.

He was fully convinced that he was on the road to success.

No seu camiño recibe as augas dalgún regato menor .

On its way it receives the waters of some minor stream.

O concello está atravesado pola ruta francesa do camiño de Santiago .

The town is crossed by the French route of the Camino de Santiago.

Sigan por ese camiño , nós imos seguir traballando polos galegos .

If we continue on this path, we will continue to work for the Greeks.

O camiño até a súa aprobación definitiva prevese longo .

The road to its final approval is long.