What does rumbo in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word rumbo in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use rumbo in Spanish.

The word rumbo in Spanish means to, towards, direction, path, course, course, heading, generosity, change the course of history, determine the course, determine the way, aimlessly, with no particular destination in mind. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word rumbo

to, towards

nombre masculino (dirección)

(preposition: Relates noun or pronoun to another element of sentence--for example, "a picture of John," "She walked from my house to yours.")
Mañana seguiremos rumbo a la costa.
Tomorrow we will continue to the coast.

direction, path, course

nombre masculino (desarrollo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
No me gusta el rumbo que está tomando tu vida.
I don't like the direction that your life is taking.

course, heading

nombre masculino (náutica (derrotero)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El buque puso rumbo al norte.
The ship passed on a northerly heading.

generosity

nombre masculino (CO, coloquial (generosidad)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Muchas gracias por tu rumbo, ha sido un gesto muy generoso de tu parte.
ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Your generosity made this event possible.

change the course of history

locución verbal (figurado (marcar un hito)

La imprenta cambió el rumbo de la historia para siempre.
The printing press changed the course of history forever.

determine the course, determine the way

locución verbal (dirigir)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
El guía marcó el rumbo a seguir.

aimlessly

locución adverbial (deambulante)

(adverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down.")
La mujer caminaba perdida y sin rumbo por la ciudad.
The woman was lost and wandering aimlessly around the city.

with no particular destination in mind

locución adverbial (sin dirección)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")
A Martín le gusta viajar sin rumbo fijo.
Martin likes to travel with no particular destination in mind.

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