llamar
/ʝaˈmaɾ/ · A1 · verb
to summon, to call
📞 From Latin clamare (to shout) — same root as clamor and exclaim
Latin cl- regularly became ll- in Spanish: clamare → llamar, clavis → llave, pluvia → lluvia. So llamar is clamor in disguise: to call out to someone. Me llamo = I call myself.