camello
Old Spanish
Alternative forms
- camelo
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /kaˈmeʎo/
Noun
camello m (plural camellos)
- camel
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 5v.
- Cataró ¬ vieró vna requa de paganos de los de ẏſmael. E vinien de galaat có ſos camellos cargados de mercaduras e ẏuá 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.
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 5v.
Descendants
- Ladino: kameyo (Latin spelling)
- Spanish: camello
Spanish
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kaˈmeʝo/ [kaˈme.ʝo]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kaˈmeʎo/ [kaˈme.ʎo]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kaˈmeʃo/ [kaˈme.ʃo]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kaˈmeʒo/ [kaˈme.ʒo]
Audio (Colombia) (file)
- (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -eʝo
- (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -eʎo
- (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -eʃo
- (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -eʒo
- Syllabification: ca‧me‧llo
Noun
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:
- Existe algún momento divertido en las aventuras de este camello tardío.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
Alternative forms
- (camel): gamello (obsolete)
Derived terms
- acamellado
- camello bactriano
- camellón
- hacer de una pulga un camello
Descendants
- → Bikol Central: kamelyo
- → Tagalog: kamelyo
Further reading
- “camello”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014