jambo
Spanish, verb/ˈxambo/
jambo is spelled J-A-M-B-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 116,020th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jambo is a Spanish verb meaning “only used in me jambo, first-person singular present indicative of jambarse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does jambo mean in English?
verb
- 1
only used in me jambo, first-person singular present indicative of jambarse
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante anticuada de yambo.
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 jambo
- jambos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jambo?
- /ˈxambo/
- [ˈxãm.bo]
- [ˈxãmbo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is jambo in Spanish?
jambo appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).