camino

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• 1 (en general) road; (de tierra) track; (sendero) path camino vecinal = minor road built and maintained by local council el camino del Inca = the Inca trail Definition of road in the British & World English dictionary Definition of road in the US English dictionary Translate road | into French | into German | into Italian

• 2 a (ruta, dirección) way saberse el camino = to know the way me salieron al camino [asaltantes] = they blocked my path o way; [amigos] = they came out to meet me este es el mejor camino a seguir = this is the best course to follow el camino a la fama = the road o path to fame se abrió camino entre la espesura = she made her way through the dense thickets abrirse camino en la vida = to get on in life buen/mal camino este niño va por mal camino = this boy's heading for trouble ibas por buen camino pero te equivocaste = you were on the right track but you made a mistake llevar a algn por mal camino = to lead sb astray Definition of way in the British & World English dictionary Definition of way in the US English dictionary Translate way | into French | into German | into Italian b (trayecto, viaje) el camino de regreso = the return journey se pusieron en camino = they set off todavía nos quedan dos horas de camino = we still have two hours to go c (en locs) camino de/a … = on my/his/her way to … ir camino de algo una tradición que va camino de desaparecer = a tradition which looks set to disappear de camino = on the way pilla de camino = it's on the way me queda de camino = I pass it on my way de camino a la estación = on the way to the station en camino = on the way deben estar ya en camino = they must be on their way already por el camino = on the way a mitad de or a medio camino = halfway through