camello
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Old Spanish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vulgar Latin *camellus, from Latin camelus (influenced by the suffix -ellus, which did not change into the usual -iellus in this case), from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
camello m (plural camellos)
- camel
- c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 3r. a.
- Tomo eleazar. x. camellos. / de la meioria de ſo ſénor. efue / arrama araim cibdat de na / cor.
- Eliezer took ten of his master's best camels and made for Aram-Naharaim to the city of Nahor.
- Tomo eleazar. x. camellos. / de la meioria de ſo ſénor. efue / arrama araim cibdat de na / cor.
- Idem, f. 5v. b.
- E vinien de galaat / có ſos camellos cargados de / mercaduras e ẏuá a egipto
- And they came from Gilead with their camels bearing merchandise, and they were headed for Egypt.
- E vinien de galaat / có ſos camellos cargados de / mercaduras e ẏuá a egipto
- c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 3r. a.
Descendants[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Spanish camello, from Vulgar Latin *camellus, from Latin camelus, from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *gamal-. More at camel.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
camello m (plural camellos, feminine camella, feminine plural camellas)
- camel
- Hyponym: dromedario
- (informal) pusher, drug dealer
- 2019 March 11, “De Clint Eastwood siempre esperas más”, in El País[1]:
- Existe algún momento divertido en las aventuras de este camello tardío.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
Alternative forms[edit]
- (camel): gamello (obsolete)
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Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “camello” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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