camelo
Galician edit
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
Noun edit
camelo m (plural camelos)
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
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
Noun edit
camelo m
- camel
- 13th century, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Alfonso X of Castile, B 476: Non quer'eu donzela fea (facsimile)
- Non quereu donzela fea / Que […] faça come cameles (sic).
- I do not want an ugly maiden who stinks like a camel.
- 13th century, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Alfonso X of Castile, B 476: Non quer'eu donzela fea (facsimile)
Descendants edit
Portuguese edit
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)
Coordinate terms edit
- (Camelids) camelídeo; camelo (dromedário, camelo-bactriano), lhama/lama, guanaco, alpaca, vicunha (Category: pt:Camelids)
Descendants edit
- → Kadiwéu: gameelo
Etymology 2 edit
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κάμιλος (kámilos).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ca‧me‧lo
Noun edit
camelo m (plural camelos)
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ca‧me‧lo
Verb edit
camelo
References edit
- ^ “camelo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
camelo m (plural camelos)
- bluff, hoax, con
- baloney (fake news)
- (colloquial) flattery, gallantry (especially towards women)
- Synonyms: piropo, halago, galantería
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
camelo
Further reading edit
- “camelo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014