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Ladino

Verb

llamar

  1. (Haketia) alternative form of yamar
    • 1983, Elena Romero, Repertorio de noticias sobre el mundo teatral de los sefardíes orientales‎, Editorial CSIC - CSIC Press, →ISBN, page 337:
      Por_que el público se haga una idea de lo que en Viena y en Polonia llamaban teatro ĵidió, vo expośar aquí unos cuantos fatos.
      Because the public may pretend to an idea of what they were calling Jewish theatre in Vienna and Poland, I am going to expose some facts here.
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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish lamar, from Latin clāmāre (“cry out”), whence also the borrowed Spanish doublet clamar. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to shout”). Cognate with English claim and clamor.

Pronunciation

 

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  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: lla‧mar

Verb

llamar (first-person singular present llamo, first-person singular preterite llamé, past participle llamado)

  1. to summon, to call
    Te estuve llamando a voces.
    I was summoning you by voice.
    Me llamó con la mano para que me acercase.
    [He] summoned me with [his] hand in order to bring me near.
    1. to call (on the telephone)
      Hyponym: rellamar
      Te llaman desde París.
      They are calling you from Paris.
      Que me llamen a las siete.
      May they call me at seven o’clock.
      Ha llamado a Maribel.
      [He] has called Maribel.
    2. to knock (on a door)
      Entren sin llamar.
      Enter without knocking.
    3. to ring (a doorbell)
      ¿Quién llama?
      Who is ringing [the doorbell]?
  2. to refer to
    ¿Cómo van a llamar al niño?
    How are they going to refer to the child?
    Eso yo lo llamo un auténtico robo.
    I refer to that as an authentic robbery.
    La llamó de todo.
    [He] referred to her about everything.
  3. to appeal; to attract
    El ejército llama a muchos jóvenes.
    The army appeals to many youths.
    El chocolate no me llama demasiado.
    Chocolate does not appeal to me too much.
    llamar la atención
    to attract attention
  4. (pronominal) to be called
    ¿Cómo te llamas? (informal) ― What is your name? (literally, “How are [you] called?”)
    ¿Cómo se llama usted? (formal) ― What is your name? (literally, “How are [you] called?”)
    Mi primo se llama Benjamín.
    My cousin’s name is Benjamin.
    (literally, “My cousin is called Benjamin.”)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of llamar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
More information infinitive, gerund ...

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of llamar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

More information singular, plural ...
    Conjugation of llamarse (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
More information infinitive, gerund ...

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Derived terms

See also

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