caminar

See also: camiñar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cammīnāre. By surface analysis, camí +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [kə.miˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ka.miˈnaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ka.miˈna]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

caminar (first-person singular present camino, first-person singular preterite caminí, past participle caminat)

1. to walk

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of caminar (first conjugation)

infinitive			caminar
gerund			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
	affirmative	—	camina	camini	caminem	camineu	caminin
	negative (no)	—	no caminis	no camini	no caminem	no camineu	no caminin

Related terms

• camí
• camí-raler
• caminada
• caminador
• caminaire
• caminal
• caminar de recules
• caminera
• caminoi

Further reading

• “caminar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “caminar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “caminar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “caminar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Romansh

Verb

caminar

1. (Sursilvan) alternative form of chaminar (“to walk”)

Synonyms

• (to walk, Sutsilvan) ir (a spass)

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-der.?

Proto-Celtic *kengeti?

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥der.

Proto-Celtic *-sman

Proto-Celtic *kanxsman

Gaulish *kammanbor.

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Latin cammīnus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -āre

Vulgar Latin *cammīnāre

Spanish caminar

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cammīnāre. By surface analysis, camino +‎ -ar.

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)

1. to walk

   Synonyms: andar, correr

2. to stroll

   Synonym: pasear

3. to travel, to trek
4. to go on
5. (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

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-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 tuteo 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 voseo 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
• caminata
• máquina de caminar
• perro que no camina, no encuentra hueso

Further reading

• “caminar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• camarín

Venetan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cammīnāre. By surface analysis, camìn +‎ -ar. Compare Italian camminare.

Verb

caminar

1. (transitive) to walk
2. (transitive) to proceed, progress

Conjugation

* Venetan 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	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