camelar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kameˈlaɾ/ [ka.meˈlaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ca‧me‧lar
Verb
camelar (first-person singular present camelo, first-person singular preterite camelé, past participle camelado)
- (Spain, transitive) to cajole, to sweet-talk, to win over
- 1994, José Ángel Mañas, chapter VII, in Historias del Kronen, Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, →ISBN, page 101:
- —Hay que ser un poco monaguillo, Carlitos. Me he camelado a mi primo para que se ponga en mi lugar hoy.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (colloquial, transitive) to seduce
- Synonym: seducir
- (Can we date this quote?), Benito Pérez Galdós, La Revolución de Julio:
- Para mí, Gracián cameló a la Rosenda, que antes fue querida de un tal Castillejo
- The way I see it, Gracián seduced Rosenda, who before that was the lover of certain Castillejo.
- (colloquial, transitive) to love
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive camelar | |||||||
dative | camelarme | camelarte | camelarle, camelarse | camelarnos | camelaros | camelarles, camelarse | |
accusative | camelarme | camelarte | camelarlo, camelarla, camelarse | camelarnos | camelaros | camelarlos, camelarlas, camelarse | |
with gerund camelando | |||||||
dative | camelándome | camelándote | camelándole, camelándose | camelándonos | camelándoos | camelándoles, camelándose | |
accusative | camelándome | camelándote | camelándolo, camelándola, camelándose | camelándonos | camelándoos | camelándolos, camelándolas, camelándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative camela | |||||||
dative | camélame | camélate | camélale | camélanos | not used | camélales | |
accusative | camélame | camélate | camélalo, camélala | camélanos | not used | camélalos, camélalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative camelá | |||||||
dative | camelame | camelate | camelale | camelanos | not used | camelales | |
accusative | camelame | camelate | camelalo, camelala | camelanos | not used | camelalos, camelalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative camele | |||||||
dative | caméleme | not used | camélele, camélese | camélenos | not used | caméleles | |
accusative | caméleme | not used | camélelo, camélela, camélese | camélenos | not used | camélelos, camélelas | |
with first-person plural imperative camelemos | |||||||
dative | not used | camelémoste | camelémosle | camelémonos | camelémoos | camelémosles | |
accusative | not used | camelémoste | camelémoslo, camelémosla | camelémonos | camelémoos | camelémoslos, camelémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative camelad | |||||||
dative | cameladme | not used | cameladle | cameladnos | camelaos | cameladles | |
accusative | cameladme | not used | cameladlo, cameladla | cameladnos | camelaos | cameladlos, cameladlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative camelen | |||||||
dative | camélenme | not used | camélenle | camélennos | not used | camélenles, camélense | |
accusative | camélenme | not used | camélenlo, camélenla | camélennos | not used | camélenlos, camélenlas, camélense |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “camelar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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