camelo

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See also: cameló, camelô, and camèło

Galician

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camelo.

Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese camelo, from Vulgar Latin *camellus, from Latin camēlus, from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *gamal-. Cognate with Portuguese camelo and Spanish camello.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kɑˈmɛlʊ]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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camelo m (plural camelos)

  1. camel
  2. (informal) pusher, drug dealer

References

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Latin

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Noun

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camēlō

  1. dative/ablative singular of camēlus

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *camellus, from Latin camēlus, from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *gamal-. Cognate with Old Spanish camello.

Pronunciation

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  • (Galicia) IPA(key): /ka.ˈme.lo/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ka.ˈme.lʊ/

Noun

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camelo m (plural camelos)

  1. camel

Descendants

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  • Galician: camelo
  • Portuguese: camelo (see there for further descendants)

Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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camelos

Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese camelo, from Vulgar Latin *camellus, from Latin camēlus, from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *gamal-. Cognate with Galician camelo and Spanish camello.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ca‧me‧lo

Noun

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camelo m (plural camelos, feminine camela, feminine plural camelas)

  1. camel
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Descendants
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Etymology 2

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κάμιλος (kámilos).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ca‧me‧lo

Noun

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camelo m (plural camelos)

  1. (nautical) hawser

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ca‧me‧lo

Verb

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camelo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of camelar

References

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  1. ^ camelo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kaˈmelo/ [kaˈme.lo]
  • Rhymes: -elo
  • Syllabification: ca‧me‧lo

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from camelar.

Noun

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camelo m (plural camelos)

  1. bluff, hoax, con
  2. baloney (fake news)
  3. (colloquial) flattery, gallantry (especially towards women)
    Synonyms: piropo, halago, galantería

Etymology 2

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Verb

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camelo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of camelar

Further reading

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