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camello
🇨🇴 Spanish slang from Colombia
What does “camello” mean?
job, work
Example
“¿Ya consiguió camello?”
Have you found a job yet?
Good to know
From camellar, to work hard like a camel.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
💼 Work
The textbook way to say it: trabajo
💼 How other countries say “job, work”
- 🇲🇽 chambaMexico
- 🇪🇸 curroSpain
- 🇦🇷 laburoArgentina
- 🇨🇱 pegaChile
- 🇨🇺 pinchaCuba · Verb: pinchar (to work).
- 🇵🇪 chambaPeru · Same as in Mexico.
More from Colombia
- camellarto work (hard)
- el rebusquehustling for any work going
- hacer una vueltato run an errand, to sort something out
- voltearto run around all day sorting things
- estar varadoto be stuck: no work, no money or no ride
- parcebuddy, bro
- chéverecool, great
- bacanocool, awesome
Songs from Colombia
- La Camisa Negra · JuanesLevel A2
- Vida de Rico · CamiloLevel A2
- Waka Waka (Esto es África) · ShakiraLevel A2
- Mi Gente · J Balvin, Willy WilliamLevel A2
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