camello
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Old Spanish[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Vulgar Latin *camēllus, from Latin camēlus (additional /l/ due to influence from the ending -ĕllus, which did not however change the stressed vowel), from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
camello m (plural camellos)
- camel
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 5v:
- Catarõ ⁊ vierõ vna requa de paganos de los de ẏſmael. E vinien de galaat cõ ſos camellos cargados de mercaduras e ẏuã a egipto
- They looked up and saw a pagan caravan, of those of Ishmael. And they were coming from Gilead with their camels loaded with goods, and they were headed to Egypt.
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Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old Spanish camello, from Vulgar Latin *camēllus, from Latin camēlus, from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *gamal-. More at camel.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Colombia): (file)
- Syllabification: ca‧me‧llo
Noun[edit]
camello m (plural camellos, feminine camella, feminine plural camellas)
- camel
- Hyponym: dromedario
- (informal) pusher, drug dealer
- Synonym: narcotraficante
- 2019 March 11, “De Clint Eastwood siempre esperas más”, in El País[1]:
- Existe algún momento divertido enlas aventuras de este camello tardío.
- There is some funny moment in the adventures of this late pusher.
Coordinate terms[edit]
- (Camelids) camélido; camello (dromedario, camello bactriano), llama, guanaco, alpaca, vicuña (Category: es:Camelids)
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Further reading[edit]
- “camello”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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