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Galician
camelo.
Etymology
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
Noun
camelo m (plural camelos )
camel
( informal ) pusher , drug dealer
References
Ernesto Xosé González Seoane , María Álvarez de la Granja , Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006 –2022 ) “camelo ”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006 –2018 ) “camelo ”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006 –2013 ), “camelo ”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , Ernesto Xosé González Seoane , María Álvarez de la Granja , editors (2003 –2018 ), “camelo ”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Latin
Noun
camēlō
dative / ablative singular of camēlus
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *camellus , from Latin camēlus , from Ancient Greek κάμηλος ( kámēlos ) , ultimately from Proto-Semitic *gamal- . Cognate with Old Spanish camello .
Pronunciation
( Galicia ) IPA (key ) : /ka.ˈme.lo/
( Portugal ) IPA (key ) : /ka.ˈme.lʊ/
Noun
camelo m
camel
Descendants
Galician: camelo
Portuguese: camelo (see there for further descendants )
Portuguese
camelos
Etymology 1
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
Noun
camelo m (plural camelos , feminine camela , feminine plural camelas )
camel
Coordinate terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κάμιλος ( kámilos ) .[ 1]
Pronunciation
Noun
camelo m (plural camelos )
( nautical ) hawser
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Verb
camelo
first-person singular present indicative of camelar
References
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /kaˈmelo/
Rhymes: -elo
Syllabification: ca‧me‧lo
Etymology 1
Deverbal from camelar .
Noun
camelo m (plural camelos )
bluff , hoax , con
baloney ( fake news )
( colloquial ) flattery , gallantry ( especially towards women )
Synonyms: piropo , halago , galantería
Etymology 2
Verb
camelo
first-person singular present indicative of camelar
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