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camelo.

camel

6 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/kaˈme.lu/Brazil/kɐˈme.lu/Portugal
  1. camel

    masculine
  2. arsehole, jerk

    colloquial · derogatory · masculine
  3. a short piece of artillery

    historical · masculine
  4. bicycle

    Rio-de-Janeiro · colloquial · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese camelo, from Vulgar Latin *camēllus, from Latin camēlus, from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *gamal-. Cognate with Galician camelo and Spanish camello.

noun/kaˈme.lu/Brazil/kɐˈme.lu/Portugal
  1. hawser

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κάμιλος (kámilos).

verb/kaˈmɛ.lu/Brazil/kɐˈmɛ.lu/Portugal
  1. first-person singular present indicative of camelar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
Where this word comes from

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