camelo

See also: cameló, camelô, and camèło

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

• IPA^(key): [kɑˈmɛlʊ]

• Audio:

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Noun

camelo m (plural camelos)

1. camel
2. (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

1. 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 (plural camelos)

1. 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.

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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈme.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈme.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈme.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈme.lu/

• Hyphenation: ca‧me‧lo

Noun

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

1. camel

Coordinate terms

• (Camelids) camelídeo; camelo (dromedário, camelo-bactriano), lhama / lama, guanaco, alpaca, vicunha ^{(Category: pt:Camelids)}

Derived terms

• baba de camelo
• camelinho

 

Descendants

• → Kadiwéu: gameelo

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κάμιλος (kámilos).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈme.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈme.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈme.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈme.lu/

• Hyphenation: ca‧me‧lo

Noun

camelo m (plural camelos)

1. (nautical) hawser

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈmɛ.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈmɛ.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈmɛ.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈmɛ.lu/

• Hyphenation: ca‧me‧lo

Verb

camelo

1. first-person singular present indicative of camelar

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Deverbal from camelar.

Noun

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

Verb

camelo

1. first-person singular present indicative of camelar

Further reading

• “camelo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10