Spanish Word of the Day Archive
Sunday December 21, 2008

camino, noun:
track; path; road

El camino refers in its literal sense to different kinds of surface for walking on. If it’s rough and ready, it’s a track or a path.

un camino de montaña
a mountain path

un camino de tierra
a dirt track

More generally, camino refers to a road.

un camino rural
a country road

un camino vecinal
a minor road


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