camelar
Caló
editEtymology
editInherited from Romani kamel (“to love”), of uncertain etymology.
Verb
editcamelar
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Spanish: camelar
References
editSpanish
editEtymology
editFrom Caló camelar, from Romani kamel (“to love”), of uncertain etymology.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editcamelar (first-person singular present camelo, first-person singular preterite camelé, past participle camelado)
- (Spain, transitive) to cajole, to sweet-talk, to win over
- 1994, José Ángel Mañas, chapter VII, in Historias del Kronen, Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, →ISBN, page 101:
- —Hay que ser un poco monaguillo, Carlitos. Me he camelado a mi primo para que se ponga en mi lugar hoy.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (colloquial, transitive) to seduce
- Synonym: seducir
- (Can we date this quote?), Benito Pérez Galdós, La Revolución de Julio:
- Para mí, Gracián cameló a la Rosenda, que antes fue querida de un tal Castillejo
- The way I see it, Gracián seduced Rosenda, who before that was the lover of certain Castillejo.
- (colloquial, transitive) to love
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of camelar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of camelar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “camelar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- Caló terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Caló terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Caló terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Caló terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
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- Caló terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Caló terms inherited from Romani
- Caló terms derived from Romani
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- Spanish terms derived from Caló
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- Spanish 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ
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