{"id":7460,"date":"2013-10-07T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T12:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=7460"},"modified":"2013-10-06T17:53:26","modified_gmt":"2013-10-06T21:53:26","slug":"spanish-slang-camelar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/spanish-slang-camelar\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish slang: camelar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello, there!<\/p>\n

Let’s kick off this week with a very cool slang verb in Spanish: camelar<\/strong>. Here’s how it’s used:<\/p>\n

1. to persuade or deceive someone<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lo camel\u00f3<\/strong> para que le prestara dinero.
\nShe wangled<\/strong> some money off him.<\/em><\/p>\n

Me camel\u00f3<\/strong> para que le cuidara el gato dos semanas.
\nHe talked<\/strong> me into<\/strong> looking after his cat for two weeks.<\/em><\/p>\n

Me camelaron<\/strong> cincuenta d\u00f3lares.
\nThey conned<\/strong> me out of fifty dollars.<\/em><\/p>\n

Esa chica est\u00e1 intentando camelar<\/strong> al jefe por todos los medios.
\nThis girl is trying to sweet-talk<\/strong> the boss in every way.<\/em><\/p>\n

2. to seduce or make someone fall in love<\/strong><\/p>\n

Es incre\u00edble c\u00f3mo camela<\/strong> a las chavalitas j\u00f3venes.
\nHe really knows how to get<\/strong> all the young girls running after him<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Pues nos conocimos, la camel\u00e9<\/strong> en una semana y nos casamos enseguida.
\nWe met each other, I made her fall in love<\/strong> with me in a week and we got married right afterwards.<\/p>\n

Here are some tweets using the verb camelar<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\"camelar\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Nos vemos prontito.<\/p>\n

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Hello, there! Let’s kick off this week with a very cool slang verb in Spanish: camelar. Here’s how it’s used: 1. to persuade or deceive someone Lo camel\u00f3 para que le prestara dinero. She wangled some money off him. Me camel\u00f3 para que le cuidara el gato dos semanas. He talked me into looking after…<\/p>\n

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