caminar
See also: camiñar
Catalan
Etymology
From camí + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /kə.miˈna/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ka.miˈnaɾ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
caminar (first-person singular present camino, past participle caminat)
- to walk
Conjugation
Conjugation of caminar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | caminar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | caminant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | caminat | caminada | |||||
| plural | caminats | caminades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | camino | camines | camina | caminem | camineu | caminen | |
| imperfect | caminava | caminaves | caminava | caminàvem | caminàveu | caminaven | |
| future | caminaré | caminaràs | caminarà | caminarem | caminareu | caminaran | |
| preterite | caminí | caminares | caminà | caminàrem | caminàreu | caminaren | |
| conditional | caminaria | caminaries | caminaria | caminaríem | caminaríeu | caminarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | camini | caminis | camini | caminem | camineu | caminin | |
| imperfect | caminés | caminessis | caminés | caminéssim | caminéssiu | caminessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | camina | camini | caminem | camineu | caminin | ||
Related terms
- camí
- caminada
- caminador
- caminaire
- caminal
- caminar de recules
- caminera
- caminoi
- camí-raler
Further reading
- “caminar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “caminar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “caminar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “caminar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Romansch
Alternative forms
- chaminar (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader)
- tgaminar (Surmiran)
- chaminer (Puter)
Etymology
From a derivative of Late Latin, Vulgar Latin cammīnus (“way”), from Gaulish. Compare French cheminer, Spanish and Catalan caminar.
Verb
caminar
- (Sursilvan) to walk
Synonyms
- (to walk, Sutsilvan) ir (a spass)
Spanish
Etymology
From camino (“way, road”). Compare Aragonese caminar, Asturian caminar, Catalan caminar, Extremaduran caminal, French cheminer, Galician camiñar, Italian camminare, Leonese caminare, Mirandese caminar, Occitan caminar, Portuguese caminhar, Sicilian caminari, Venetian caminar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kamiˈnaɾ/ [ka.miˈnaɾ]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ca‧mi‧nar
Verb
caminar (first-person singular present camino, first-person singular preterite caminé, past participle caminado)
- to walk
- Synonyms: andar, correr
- to stroll
- Synonym: pasear
- to travel, to trek
- to go on
- (intransitive) to wade (in or through a body of water)
- Synonym: (transitive) vadear
Conjugation
Conjugation of caminar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | caminar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | caminando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | caminado | caminada | |||||
| plural | caminados | caminadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | camino | caminastú caminásvos | camina | caminamos | camináis | caminan | |
| imperfect | caminaba | caminabas | caminaba | caminábamos | caminabais | caminaban | |
| preterite | caminé | caminaste | caminó | caminamos | caminasteis | caminaron | |
| future | caminaré | caminarás | caminará | caminaremos | caminaréis | caminarán | |
| conditional | caminaría | caminarías | caminaría | caminaríamos | caminaríais | caminarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | camine | caminestú caminésvos2 | camine | caminemos | caminéis | caminen | |
| imperfect (ra) | caminara | caminaras | caminara | camináramos | caminarais | caminaran | |
| imperfect (se) | caminase | caminases | caminase | caminásemos | caminaseis | caminasen | |
| future1 | caminare | caminares | caminare | camináremos | caminareis | caminaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | caminatú caminávos | camine | caminemos | caminad | caminen | ||
| negative | no camines | no camine | no caminemos | no caminéis | no caminen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of caminar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive caminar | |||||||
| dative | caminarme | caminarte | caminarle, caminarse | caminarnos | caminaros | caminarles, caminarse | |
| accusative | caminarme | caminarte | caminarlo, caminarla, caminarse | caminarnos | caminaros | caminarlos, caminarlas, caminarse | |
| with gerund caminando | |||||||
| dative | caminándome | caminándote | caminándole, caminándose | caminándonos | caminándoos | caminándoles, caminándose | |
| accusative | caminándome | caminándote | caminándolo, caminándola, caminándose | caminándonos | caminándoos | caminándolos, caminándolas, caminándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative camina | |||||||
| dative | camíname | camínate | camínale | camínanos | not used | camínales | |
| accusative | camíname | camínate | camínalo, camínala | camínanos | not used | camínalos, camínalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative caminá | |||||||
| dative | caminame | caminate | caminale | caminanos | not used | caminales | |
| accusative | caminame | caminate | caminalo, caminala | caminanos | not used | caminalos, caminalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative camine | |||||||
| dative | camíneme | not used | camínele, camínese | camínenos | not used | camíneles | |
| accusative | camíneme | not used | camínelo, camínela, camínese | camínenos | not used | camínelos, camínelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative caminemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | caminémoste | caminémosle | caminémonos | caminémoos | caminémosles | |
| accusative | not used | caminémoste | caminémoslo, caminémosla | caminémonos | caminémoos | caminémoslos, caminémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative caminad | |||||||
| dative | caminadme | not used | caminadle | caminadnos | caminaos | caminadles | |
| accusative | caminadme | not used | caminadlo, caminadla | caminadnos | caminaos | caminadlos, caminadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative caminen | |||||||
| dative | camínenme | not used | camínenle | camínennos | not used | camínenles, camínense | |
| accusative | camínenme | not used | camínenlo, camínenla | camínennos | not used | camínenlos, camínenlas, camínense | |
Derived terms
- caminante
- máquina de caminar
- perro que no camina, no encuentra hueso
Further reading
- “caminar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
- camarín
Venetian
Etymology
From camìn. Compare Italian camminare.
Verb
caminar
- (transitive) to walk
- (transitive) to proceed, progress
Conjugation
- Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of caminar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | caminar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| auxiliary verb | aver | gerund | caminando | |||
| past participle | caminà | |||||
| person | singular | plural | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| indicative | mi | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
| present | camino | (te) camini | (el/ła) camina | caminémo, caminòn | caminé | (i/łe) camina |
| imperfect | caminava | (te) caminavi | (el/ła) caminava | caminàvimo | caminavi | (i/łe) caminava |
| future | caminarò | (te) caminarè | (el/ła) caminarà | caminarémo | caminarè | (i/łe) caminarà |
| conditional | mi | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
| present | caminarìa | (te) caminarisi | (el/ła) caminarìa | caminarìsimo | caminarisi | (i/łe) caminarìa |
| subjunctive | che mi | che ti | che eło / eła | che noialtri / noialtre | che voialtri / voialtre | che łuri / łore |
| present | camine, camina | (te) camini | (el/ła) camine, (el/ła) camina | caminémo, caminone | caminé | (i/łe) camine, (i/łe) camina |
| imperfect | caminase | (te) caminasi | (el/ła) caminase | caminàsimo | caminasi | (i/łe) caminase |
| imperative | — | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
| — | (te) camina | (el/ła) camina, (el/ła) camine | caminémo | caminé | (i/łe) camina, (i/łe) camine | |
Related terms
- camin