See also: cameló, camelô, and camèło

Galician edit

 
camelo.

Etymology edit

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 edit

  • IPA(key): [kɑˈmɛlʊ]
  • (file)

Noun edit

camelo m (plural camelos)

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

References edit

  • camelo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • camelo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • camelo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • camelo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Latin edit

Noun edit

camēlō

  1. dative/ablative singular of camēlus

Old Galician-Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

camelo m

  1. camel

Descendants edit

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

Portuguese edit

 
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camelos

Etymology 1 edit

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 edit

 

  • Hyphenation: ca‧me‧lo

Noun edit

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

  1. camel
Coordinate terms edit
Descendants edit

Etymology 2 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Hyphenation: ca‧me‧lo

Noun edit

camelo m (plural camelos)

  1. (nautical) hawser

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Hyphenation: ca‧me‧lo

Verb edit

camelo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of camelar

References edit

  1. ^ camelo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

Deverbal from camelar.

Noun edit

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 edit

Verb edit

camelo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of camelar

Further reading edit