yambo

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝambo/ [ˈɟ͡ʝãm.bo]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝambo/ [ˈɟ͡ʝãm.bo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃambo/ [ˈʃãm.bo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒambo/ [ˈʒãm.bo]

• Rhymes: -ambo
• Syllabification: yam‧bo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin iambus, from Ancient Greek ἴαμβος (íambos).

Noun

yambo m (plural yambos)

1. (poetry) iamb

Related terms

• yámbico

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit जम्बु (jambū, “rose apple, jambul”).

Alternative forms

• jambul

Noun

yambo m (plural yambos)

1. jambul

Further reading

• “yambo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tok Pisin

Noun

yambo

1. guava