camote

m.

1 sweet potato. (Andean Spanish (Bolivia, Chilean Spanish , Colombia, Ecuador, Peru), Central American Spanish, Mexican Spanish)

2 mess (informal) (complicación). (Mexican Spanish)

meterse en un camote to get into a mess o pickle

3 lover, sweetheart (informal) (novio). (Perú)

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SM

1) LAm (=batata) sweet potato; Méx (=bulbo) tuber, bulb

2) CAm, Cono Sur (Med) bump, swelling

3) Cono Sur (=piedra) large stone

4) Cono Sur (=persona) bore

5) CAm [de pierna] calf

6) CAm * (=molestia) nuisance, bother

7) LAm (=amor) love; (=enamoramiento) crush *

tener un camote con algn — to have a crush on sb *

8) And, Cono Sur * (=amante) lover, sweetheart

9) Cono Sur (=mentirilla) fib

10) And, Cono Sur (=tonto) fool

11) LAm

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poner a algn como camote — to give sb a telling off *

- tragar camote

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masculino

1) (Bot)

a) (Andes, Méx) (batata) sweet potato

hacerse camote — (Méx fam) to get mixed up, get in a muddle (colloq)

poner a alguien como camote — (Méx fam); (reprenderlo) to give somebody a telling off

ser un camote — (Chi, Méx fam) to be a pain in the neck (colloq)

b) (Méx) (cualquier tubérculo o bulbo) tuber

2) (Andes, Méx) (lío) mess (colloq), fix (colloq)

3) (Andes, RPl fam) (con una persona) crush (colloq)

tener un camote con alguien — to have a crush on somebody

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= sweet potato, yam, cocoyam.

Ex. The author discusses the shortcomings of the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme in the indexing of African staple crops, namely cassava, cocoyam, ginger, Irish potato, sweet potato and yam.

Ex. The author discusses the shortcomings of the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme in the indexing of African staple crops, namely cassava, cocoyam, ginger, Irish potato, sweet potato and yam.

Ex. The author discusses the shortcomings of the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme in the indexing of African staple crops, namely cassava, cocoyam, ginger, Irish potato, sweet potato and yam.

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masculino

1) (Bot)

a) (Andes, Méx) (batata) sweet potato

hacerse camote — (Méx fam) to get mixed up, get in a muddle (colloq)

poner a alguien como camote — (Méx fam); (reprenderlo) to give somebody a telling off

ser un camote — (Chi, Méx fam) to be a pain in the neck (colloq)

b) (Méx) (cualquier tubérculo o bulbo) tuber

2) (Andes, Méx) (lío) mess (colloq), fix (colloq)

3) (Andes, RPl fam) (con una persona) crush (colloq)

tener un camote con alguien — to have a crush on somebody

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= sweet potato, yam, cocoyam.

Ex: The author discusses the shortcomings of the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme in the indexing of African staple crops, namely cassava, cocoyam, ginger, Irish potato, sweet potato and yam.

Ex: The author discusses the shortcomings of the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme in the indexing of African staple crops, namely cassava, cocoyam, ginger, Irish potato, sweet potato and yam.

Ex: The author discusses the shortcomings of the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme in the indexing of African staple crops, namely cassava, cocoyam, ginger, Irish potato, sweet potato and yam.

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camote

masculine

A (Bot)

1 (Andes, Méx) (batata) sweet potato

hacerse camote (Méx fam); to get mixed up, get in a muddle (colloq)

poner a algn como camote (Méx fam) (darle una paliza) to beat sb up (colloq) (reprenderlo fuertemente) to give sb a telling off (colloq), to tear sb off a strip (colloq), to tear into sb (AmE colloq)

ser un camote (Méx fam); to be a pain in the neck (colloq)

tragar camote (Méx arg) (callarse, aguantarse) to bite one's tongue; (estar distraído) to have one's head in the clouds

2 (Méx) (cualquier tubérculo o bulbo) tuber

B (Andes, Méx) (lío) mess (colloq), fix (colloq)

C (Andes, RPl fam) (con una persona) crush (colloq)

tiene un camote bárbaro con ese muchacho she's got a terrible crush on that boy

D (Per) (Jueg) piggy-in-the-middle

E (Méx vulg) (pene) cock (vulg), dick (vulg)

F

camote masculine and feminine

1 (Chi fam) (persona antipática) jerk (colloq)

2 (Per fam) (persona querida) sweetheart

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camote sustantivo masculino (Bot) (Andes, Méx) (batata) sweet potato;

◊ hacerse camote (Méx fam) to get in a muddle (colloq)

camote sustantivo masculino LAm
1 (batata) sweet potato
2 familiar (enamoramiento) crush

'camote' also found in these entries:
English:
sweet

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camote

♦ nm

1. Andes, CAm, Méx [batata] sweet potato

2. Méx [dulce] = confection made with sweet potato

3. Andes, CAm, Méx [bulbo] tuber, bulb

Comp

Perú

donde camotes se asaron, cenizas quedaron love will never die

4. Perú Fam [novio] lover, sweetheart

5. Méx Fam [complicación] mess;

meterse en un camote to get into a mess o pickle

6. Perú [juego] piggy-in-the-middle

7. Méx Fam

Comp

hacerse camote to get into a muddle;

poner a alguien como camote to make mincemeat of sb;

tragar camote [balbucir] to stammer;

[andar con rodeos] to beat about the bush; [pagar consecuencias] to pay the price;

ese bocón tendrá que tragar camote con sus palabras that bigmouth will have to pay for what he said

♦ adj

Andes Fam [enamorado]

estar camote por o [m5]de alguien to be madly in love with sb;

Méx Fam

estar camotes to be wrecked o Br knackered

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camote

m Andes, C.Am., Méx

sweet potato

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camote nm

1) : root vegetable similar to the sweet potato

2)

hacerse camote Mex fam : to get mixed up