camello
Spanish, noun/kaˈmeʝo/
camello is spelled C-A-M-E-L-L-O (7 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 21,583rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Camello is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “camel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of camellar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Camelus spp.) Cualquiera de dos especies de mamíferos ungulados nativos del Viejo Mundo, adaptados a la vida…”.
What does camello mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecamel
- 2
informalmasculinejob, work
- 3
informalmasculinelabour, toil
- 4
Spaininformalmasculinepusher, drug dealer
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of camellar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Camelus spp.) Cualquiera de dos especies de mamíferos ungulados nativos del Viejo Mundo, adaptados a la vida en hábitats muy secos. Almacenan nutrientes y líquido en protuberancias ubicadas en el lomo (jorobas), pudiendo sobrevivir sin beber varias semanas. Son empleados con animales de carga por los nativos de esas regiones. 2. (Camelus bactrianus) En particular, la especie de camello natural del Asia Central, distintiva por poseer dos jorobas, en contraposición al dromedario (C. dromedarius), nativo del norte de África y el Oriente Medio. 3. Persona que se dedica al tráfico de drogas psicotrópicas, especialmente al por menor.
noun: 1. Esfuerzo o trabajo, y en particular el que se hace para ganarse el sustento.
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 camello
- camellos plural
- camella feminine
- camellas feminine plural
- gamello alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce camello?
- /kaˈmeʝo/
- [kaˈme.ʝo]
- [kaˈmeʝo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to camello
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is camello in Spanish?
camello appears 2.1 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).