zambo

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈzæmboʊ/ === Noun === zambo (plural zambos) Alternative letter-case form of Zambo. == Asturian == === Adjective === zambo neuter of zambu == Central Mazahua == === Noun === zambo tadpole == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish zambo (which see), of uncertain etymology. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈzɑm.boː/ Hyphenation: zam‧bo === Noun === zambo m (plural zambo's, no diminutive) Zambo, Afro-Indian, someone of half African and half indigenous American parentage == Finnish == === Etymology === From Spanish zambo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɑmbo/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝mbo̞] IPA(key): /ˈzɑmbo/, [ˈzɑ̝mbo̞] Rhymes: -ɑmbo Syllabification(key): zam‧bo Hyphenation(key): zam‧bo === Noun === zambo Zambo (person with African and Native American/indigenous heritage; Afro-Indian) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “zambo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 4 July 2023 == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish zambo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): */ˈd͡zam.bo/ Rhymes: -ambo Hyphenation: zàm‧bo === Noun === zambo m (invariable) Zambo (Afro-Indian) Synonym: cafuso === Further reading === zambo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === zomba == Spanish == === Etymology === Uncertain, but probably from an alteration of Vulgar Latin *strambus (“squinting, crosseyed, crooked, distorted”), from Latin strabus, from Ancient Greek στραβός (strabós). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθambo/ [ˈθãm.bo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /ˈsambo/ [ˈsãm.bo] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -ambo Syllabification: zam‧bo === Adjective === zambo (feminine zamba, masculine plural zambos, feminine plural zambas) bowlegged, bandy-legged (Latin America) Zambo (one of mixed African and Native American ancestry) === Noun === zambo m (plural zambos, feminine zamba, feminine plural zambas) (Latin America) Zambo === References === === Further reading === “zambo”, 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