jamba
Spanish, noun/ˈxamba/
jamba is spelled J-A-M-B-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish, the 101,597th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jamba is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “jamb” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lateral vertical que se encuentra a ambos lados de un vano y sobre los que descansa el dintel o el arco; es…”.
What does jamba mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininejamb
verb
- 1
only used in te ... jamba, syntactic variant of jámbate, second-person singular imperative of jambarse
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lateral vertical que se encuentra a ambos lados de un vano y sobre los que descansa el dintel o el arco; es frecuente que en los estilos el románico y gótico tengan columnas adosadas con capiteles. 2. Persona adulta de sexo femenino.
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 jamba
- jambas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jamba?
- /ˈxamba/
- [ˈxãm.ba]
- [ˈxãmba]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to jamba
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jamba in Spanish?
jamba appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).