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
- Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Galician terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Galician terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Galician terms inherited from Latin
- Galician terms derived from Latin
- Galician terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Galician terms derived from Proto-Semitic
- Galician terms with IPA pronunciation
- Galician terms with audio links
- Galician lemmas
- Galician nouns
- Galician countable nouns
- Galician masculine nouns
- Galician informal terms
- gl:Even-toed ungulates
- gl:Mammals
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin noun forms
- Old Galician-Portuguese terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Old Galician-Portuguese terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Old Galician-Portuguese terms inherited from Latin
- Old Galician-Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Old Galician-Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Old Galician-Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Semitic
- Old Galician-Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Galician-Portuguese lemmas
- Old Galician-Portuguese nouns
- Old Galician-Portuguese masculine nouns
- Old Galician-Portuguese terms with quotations
- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Portuguese terms inherited from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Semitic
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Camelids
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Portuguese learned borrowings from Ancient Greek
- pt:Nautical
- Portuguese non-lemma forms
- Portuguese verb forms
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/elo
- Rhymes:Spanish/elo/3 syllables
- Spanish deverbals
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Spanish colloquialisms
- Spanish non-lemma forms
- Spanish verb forms