camelô

See also: camelo, cameló, and camèło

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French camelot.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.meˈlo/

  • Rhymes: -o
  • Hyphenation: ca‧me‧lô

Noun

camelô m or f by sense (plural camelôs)

  1. (Brazil) huckster, peddler, hawker (itinerant street vendor)
    Synonym: vendedor ambulante

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “camelô”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
  2. ^ “camelô”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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