llamar

llamar

1. (Haketia) alternative form of yamar
   • 1983, Elena Romero, Repertorio de noticias sobre el mundo teatral de los sefardíes orientales‎^[1], 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.

Inherited from Old Spanish clamar, from Latin clāmāre (“to cry out”). Doublet of clamar, a borrowing from Latin. Cognate with English claim and clamor.

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: lla‧mar

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, to call

   ¿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.”)

• “llamar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025