camino real

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “royal road”.

Noun

camino real m (plural caminos reales)

1. (historical, also capitalized) road constructed by the crown to connect important cities
2. (figurative) royal road (easy or straightforward procedure)

Further reading

• “camino real”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• Camino Real on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es