caminho

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈmĩ.ɲu/ [kaˈmĩ.j̃u]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈmĩ.ɲu/ [kaˈmĩ.j̃u]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈmi.ɲo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈmi.ɲu/

• Hyphenation: ca‧mi‧nho

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Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese caminno, camỹo, from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin cammīnus (“way”), from Gaulish.

Noun

caminho m (plural caminhos)

1. path
2. way, route
3. (by extension) means

Derived terms

• a caminho
• a caminho de
• caminhar
• caminho certo

 

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: kaminhu
• Kabuverdianu: kaminhu
• Papiamentu: kaminda

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

caminho

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Further reading

• “caminho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024