Caminhou

Caminhou is a form of the Portuguese verb caminhar. It is the third-person singular pretérito perfeito (simple past) of caminhar, and translates as “he walked” or “she walked.” In Brazilian Portuguese, the form is also used with the pronoun você, so you can say “Você caminhou” to mean “you walked.”

Caminhar is a regular -ar verb. In the pretérito perfeito, the endings are: eu caminhei, tu caminhaste, ele caminhou, nós caminhamos, vós caminhastes, eles caminharam. When the subject is you in Brazilian usage, the sentence often appears as “Você caminhou.”

Etymology: the verb caminhar is derived from the noun caminho (path) and belongs to the regular -ar class of Portuguese verbs. Its development is linked to the Romance language tradition, with roots that connect movement along a path to the action of walking.

Usage: caminhar and its form caminhou are used to describe completed past actions of walking. Examples include: “Ele caminhou pela cidade durante a manhã” and “Ela caminhou até a estação.” The word appears in everyday speech, literature, journalism, and formal writing to indicate a past act of moving on foot.

See also: caminho, caminhada, caminhar.