/kamiˈnaɾ/

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Translation

to walk

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Word origin

From Spanish 'camino' ('road, way'), from Late Latin 'camminus', a word of Celtic origin meaning a path or track.

Origin
Celtic
Root
camminus

Grammar

Verb type-ar regular

Conjugation

Regular -ar conjugation. Pronouns: yo, tú, él/ella/ud., nos., vos., ellos/uds..

Indicative

Person PresentPreteriteImperfectFutureConditional
yocaminocaminécaminabacaminarécaminaría
túcaminascaminastecaminabascaminaráscaminarías
él/ella/ud.caminacaminócaminabacaminarácaminaría
nos.caminamoscaminamoscaminábamoscaminaremoscaminaríamos
vos.camináiscaminasteiscaminabaiscaminaréiscaminaríais
ellos/uds.caminancaminaroncaminabancaminaráncaminarían

Subjunctive

Person PresentImperfect (-ra)Imperfect (-se)
yocaminecaminaracaminase
túcaminescaminarascaminases
él/ella/ud.caminecaminaracaminase
nos.caminemoscamináramoscaminásemos
vos.caminéiscaminaraiscaminaseis
ellos/uds.caminencaminarancaminasen

Imperative

Person Affirmative
túcamina
ud.camine
nosotroscaminemos
vosotroscaminad
uds.caminen

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle
caminando
Past participle
caminado

Examples

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I like walking in the park.

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We walked more than ten kilometres.

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Walking every day is healthy.

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The doctor told him he should walk half an hour every day.

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He walked alone along the beach until he reached the village.

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I like to walk in the park after work.

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We had to walk a lot to reach the house.

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This word is taught in chapter 9, lesson 5: caminar, traje, bailar and 7 more words.