# camelo
## Galician
### 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: /kaˈmelo/ [kɑˈme.lʊ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -elo

### Noun

camelo m (plural camelos, feminine camela, feminine plural camelas)
* camel
* (informal) pusher, drug dealer

#### Coordinate terms

* alpaca
* camelo
* dromedario
* guanaco
* llama
* vicuña

### References

* 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
* “camelo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Latin
### Noun

camēlō
* dative/ablative singular of camēlus

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* camello

### 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: /ka.ˈme.lo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ka.ˈme.lʊ/

### Noun

camelo m (plural camelos, feminine camela, feminine plural camelas)
* camel
** 13th century, Afonso X, [cantiga 476]; republished as Angelo Colocci, compiler, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Italy, c. 1525–1526, cantiga 476:Non quereu donzela fea / Que […] faça come cameles.I do not want an ugly maiden who stinks like a camel.

#### Descendants

* Galician: camelo
* Portuguese: camelo (see there for further descendants)

### References

* Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2025) “camelo”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
* 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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antônio Geraldo da Cunha (2020–2025) “camelo”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do Português Medieval (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa

## Portuguese
### 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: /kaˈme.lu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /kaˈme.lu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kaˈme.lo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐˈme.lu/
* Rhymes: -elu
* Hyphenation: ca‧me‧lo

#### Noun

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

##### Coordinate terms

* alpaca
* camelo
* dromedário
* guanaco
* lhama / lama
* vicunha

##### Derived terms

* baba de camelo
* camelinho
* camelo-árabe
* camelo-bactriano
* camelo-doméstico

##### Descendants

* → Kadiwéu: gameelo

### Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κάμιλος (kámilos).

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kaˈme.lu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /kaˈme.lu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kaˈme.lo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐˈme.lu/
* Rhymes: -elu
* Hyphenation: ca‧me‧lo

#### Noun

camelo m (plural camelos)
* (nautical) hawser

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kaˈmɛ.lu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /kaˈmɛ.lu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kaˈmɛ.lo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐˈmɛ.lu/
* Rhymes: -ɛlu
* Hyphenation: ca‧me‧lo

#### Verb

camelo
* first-person singular present indicative of camelar

### References

* ↑ “camelo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaˈmelo/ [kaˈme.lo]
* Rhymes: -elo
* Syllabification: ca‧me‧lo

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from camelar.

#### Noun

camelo m (plural camelos)
* bluff, hoax, con
* baloney (fake news)
* (colloquial) flattery, gallantry (especially towards women)
    Synonyms: piropo, halago, galantería

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

camelo
* 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