camote

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camote
masculine noun
1sweet potato (Andes, CAm, Mexican Spanish)
2mess (informal) (complicación) (Mexican Spanish)
  • meterse en un camote -> to get into a mess o pickle
3lover, sweetheart (informal) (novio) (PerÚ)
adjective
4(informal) (enamorado)
  • estar camote por o de alguien -> to be madly in love with somebody (Andes)
5(informal)
  • estar camotes -> to be wrecked o (Mexican Spanish) knackered (British)

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camote [cah-mo’-tay]
noun
1A variety of sweet potato. (Botany) (m)
2Dump, swelling. (Ante Meridian & Central America & Medical) (m)
3(Cono Sur) large stone. (m)
4(Cono Sur) bore, tedious person (persona). (m)
5Calf of the leg. (Ante Meridian & Central America) (m)
6Nuisance, bother (molestia). (Ante Meridian & Central America) (m)
7Love; crush (amor). (Ante Meridian & Latin American) (m)
  • Tener camote con uno -> to have a crush on somebody
8Lover, sweetheart. (Andes) (m)
9(Cono Sur) fib (mentirilla). (m)
10fool (tonto). (Andes) (m)

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camote
sustantivo:masculino
1 (Latinoamérica) (batata) sweet potato; (México) (bulbo) tuber; bulb
2 (Centroamérica) (S. Cone) (Med) bump; swelling
3 (S. Cone) (piedra) large stone
4 (S. Cone) (persona) bore
5 (Centroamérica) [de pierna] calf
6 (Centroamérica) (familiar) (molestia) nuisance; bother
7 (Latinoamérica) (amor) love; (enamoramiento) crush; (familiar)
tener un camote con algn to have a crush on sb; (familiar)
8 (And) (S. Cone) (familiar) (amante) lover; sweetheart
9 (S. Cone) (mentirilla) fib
10 (And) (S. Cone) (tonto) fool
11 (Latinoamérica) (familiar)
poner a algn como camote to give sb a telling off; (familiar)
tragar camote (tener miedo) to have one's heart in one's mouth; (balbucir) to stammer

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