on the way

en camino, por llegar

Indica que alguien o algo llegará pronto, o que algo está a punto de ocurrir.

En inglés sencillo: If someone or something is coming, they will arrive or happen soon.

• Help is on the way.
• They have another baby on the way.
• A big storm was on the way.

Cómo se usa: be on the way (An ambulance is on the way.)

Sinónimos: coming, approaching

Expresiones frecuentes: help on the way, baby on the way

de camino, en camino

Estar viajando hacia un lugar tras haber iniciado el trayecto.

En inglés sencillo: If you are travelling towards a place, you have started your journey there.

• We are on the way home.
• He was on his way to the station.
• Are you on the way to the office?

Cómo se usa: be on the way to somewhere (We are on the way to the airport.); be on someone's way to somewhere (She is on her way to school.)

Sinónimos: heading to, travelling to, bound for

Expresiones frecuentes: on the way home, on the way there, on the way back

de camino, durante el trayecto

Mientras se viaja de un lugar a otro.

En inglés sencillo: During the time you spend travelling from one place to another.

• I bought milk on the way home.
• We talked about school on the way there.
• Did you see any deer on the way?

Cómo se usa: do something on the way to somewhere (We bought lunch on the way to the park.)

Sinónimos: during the journey, en route

Expresiones frecuentes: on the way home, on the way back

de paso, en el camino

Estar en la ruta prevista, sin tener que desviarse para llegar.

En inglés sencillo: A place along your planned route that you can reach without travelling in another direction.

• The shop is on the way home.
• Her house was on our way to the beach.
• Is the bank on the way to your office?

Cómo se usa: be on the way to somewhere (The supermarket is on the way to the station.)

Sinónimos: along the route

Expresiones frecuentes: on the way home, on the way back