camelar
Spanish, verb/kameˈlaɾ/
camelar is spelled C-A-M-E-L-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written Spanish, the 208,740th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Camelar is a Spanish verb meaning “to cajole, to sweet-talk, to win over” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persuadir con engaños o promesas”.
What does camelar mean in English?
verb
- 1
Spainto cajole, to sweet-talk, to win over
- 2
colloquialto seduce
- 3
colloquialto love
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Persuadir con engaños o promesas.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of camelar
- camelo first-person present singular
- camelé first-person preterite singular
- camelado participle past
- camelando gerund
- camelada feminine participle past
- camelados masculine participle past
- cameladas feminine participle past
- camelas indicative informal present
- camelás indicative informal present
- camela indicative present singular
- camelamos first-person indicative plural
- cameláis indicative plural present
- camelan indicative plural present
- camelaba first-person imperfect indicative
- camelabas imperfect indicative second-person
- camelábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- camelabais imperfect indicative plural
- camelaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce camelar?
- /kameˈlaɾ/
- [ka.meˈlaɾ]
- [kameˈlaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to camelar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is camelar in Spanish?
camelar appears about once in every 34 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).