camello

/kaˈmeʝo/ · B2 · noun · m

job, work

camello — job, work

🐪 camel + o; camels haul loads, so in Colombian slang camello = job

From Latin camelus, so it sits close to English camel. In Colombia and Ecuador, people who work hard 'carry the load like a camel', so camellar means to work and un camello is a job or hard toil.

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