To work — hard, grinding work.
Strongest in Bogotá. *El camello* is the job itself and *camellar* is doing it, with the implication that it is a slog. *Estoy camellando* means I’m grinding away.
From *camello*, a camel. The job is the load and you are the animal carrying it.
Informal. In a job interview say *trabajar* or *empleo*.
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