kilombo

/[kiˈlõmbo]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#65,488

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

kilombo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Comunidad de esclavos cimarrones que, durante la época colonial en América, se organizaban para su subsistencia y defensa independientemente de la autoridad colonial.^([cita requerida]) Pronounced [kiˈlõmbo].

Key facts for kilombo
PropertyValue
Headwordkilombo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kiˈlõmbo]
Letters7
Frequency rank#65,488
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for kilombo is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kiˈlõmbo]. Corpus data places it at rank #65,488 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for kilombo in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns.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 kilombo, spelled K-I-L-O-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
    Comunidad de esclavos cimarrones que, durante la época colonial en América, se organizaban para su subsistencia y defensa independientemente de la autoridad colonial.^([cita requerida])
  2. 2
    Local en el que se ejerce la prostitución.
  3. 3
    Situación confusa y desordenada, mezcla de cosas y/o de gente generalmente alborotada.
  4. 4
    Conflicto o problema de difícil solución.
  5. 5
    Lugar remoto e inaccesible.
  6. 6
    Vivienda rural rústica.^([cita requerida])

Synonyms

Frequency rank: #65,488 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "kilombo"?
"kilombo" is spelled K-I-L-O-M-B-O. The IPA pronunciation is [kiˈlõmbo].
What does "kilombo" mean?
As a noun, "kilombo" means: Comunidad de esclavos cimarrones que, durante la época colonial en América, se organizaban para su subsistencia y defensa independientemente de la autoridad colonial.^([cita requerida])
How do you pronounce "kilombo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kilombo" is [kiˈlõmbo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kilombo" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.