camelo

Noun

1. (masculine) camel
2. (colloquial, derogatory, masculine) arsehole, jerk
3. (historical, masculine) a short piece of artillery
4. (Rio-de-Janeiro, colloquial, masculine) bicycle

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of camelar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaˈme.lu/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: camēlus

Cognate with Galician: camelo

Cognate with Spanish: camello

Borrowed from Ancient Greek: κάμιλος

In summary

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.

Concepts

camel

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Bactrian camel

camels

dromedary

two-hump camel

Camelus

Camelus bactrianus

two-hump camel

Synonyms

camelo-bactriano

Camelus

dromedário

camelo-asiático

camelo com duas corcovas

Camelo bactriano

Camelo Bactriano

Translations

camello

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cammello

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chameau

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Kamel

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kameel

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wielbłąd

deve

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καμήλα

camell

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camèl

hecin

Trampeltier

جمل

dromedario

camelus

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Sentences

O motorista do camelo entendeu o que o garoto estava dizendo .

The camel driver understood what the boy was saying.

Houve um acidente no trabalho ? um estouro de camelo quase matou o zelador .

Was there an accident at work? A camel burst nearly killed the janitor.

O motorista de camelo não era um lutador ? e ele tinha consultado com videntes .

Wasn't the camel driver a fighter? and he had consulted with seers.