calambur
Spanish, noun/kalamˈbuɾ/
calambur is spelled C-A-L-A-M-B-U-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 31 million words in written Spanish, the 200,060th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calambur is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “pun” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Juego de palabras que consiste en agrupar las sílabas de vocablos adjuntos, alterando o dando doble sentido a…”.
What does calambur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepun
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Juego de palabras que consiste en agrupar las sílabas de vocablos adjuntos, alterando o dando doble sentido a la frase. Es común su uso para frases jocosas o chistes.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of calambur
- calambures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calambur?
- /kalamˈbuɾ/
- [ka.lãmˈbuɾ]
- [kalãmˈbuɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to calambur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is calambur in Spanish?
calambur appears about once in every 31 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).