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llamar.

to summon, to call

6 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/ʝaˈmaɾ/[ɟ͡ʝaˈmaɾ]/ʝaˈmaɾ/[ɟ͡ʝaˈmaɾ]
  1. to summon, to call

    Te estuve llamando a voces.
    Me llamó con la mano para que me acercase.
  2. to summon, to call to call (on the telephone)

    Te llaman desde París.
    Que me llamen a las siete.
  3. to summon, to call to knock (on a door)

    Entren sin llamar.
  4. to summon, to call to ring (a doorbell)

    ¿Quién llama?
  5. to refer to, to call

    ¿Cómo van a llamar al niño?
    Eso yo lo llamo un auténtico robo.
  6. to appeal; to attract

    El ejército llama a muchos jóvenes.
    El chocolate no me llama demasiado.
  7. to be called

    pronominal
    ¿Cómo te llamas?
    ¿Cómo se llama usted?
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-m- Proto-Indo-European *kl̥h₁m- Proto-Italic *klām-der. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin clamō Old Spanish clamar Spanish llamar Inherited from Old Spanish clamar, from Latin clāmāre (“to cry out”). Doublet of clamar, a borrowing from Latin. Cognate with English claim and clamor.

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