chimbo

/[ˈt͡ʃĩmbo]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#52,142

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

chimbo is anSpanishadj. It means: Propio de, relativo a o perteneciente a cierto pueblo amerindio originario de la región andina del Ecuador. Pronounced [ˈt͡ʃĩmbo].

Key facts for chimbo
PropertyValue
Headwordchimbo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈt͡ʃĩmbo]
Letters6
Frequency rank#52,142
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of chimbo in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for chimbo is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt͡ʃĩmbo]. Corpus data places it at rank #52,142 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for chimbo in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is chimbo, spelled C-H-I-M-B-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Propio de, relativo a o perteneciente a cierto pueblo amerindio originario de la región andina del Ecuador.
  2. 2
    Dicho de una cosa, que es de mala calidad o no tiene buen aspecto.
  3. 3
    Dicho de una persona, aburrida o de compañía poco agraciada.
  4. 4
    De una cosa, que le falta el complemento necesario para estar completo, o que formando parte de un par carece de la otra parte.
  5. 5
    Que tiene muy pocos recursos económicos o es de baja extracción.
  6. 6
    Que es falso o que fue hecho con engaño.
  7. 7
    Referido a algo, que no requiere esfuerzo, fácil de realizar.
  8. 8
    Que no tiene marca ni nombre.

Synonyms

Frequency rank: #52,142 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chimbo"?
"chimbo" is spelled C-H-I-M-B-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡ʃĩmbo].
What does "chimbo" mean?
As an adj, "chimbo" means: Propio de, relativo a o perteneciente a cierto pueblo amerindio originario de la región andina del Ecuador.
How do you pronounce "chimbo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chimbo" is [ˈt͡ʃĩmbo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chimbo" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.