lamber
[lãmˈbeɾ]
The verdict
“lamber” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Frotar algo con el dorso de la lengua.
Corpus desk
Index ES-lamber · lamber · Spanish
lamber · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lamber |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [lãmˈbeɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “lamber” en español
Rare enough to double-check
lamber is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [lãmˈbeɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
lamber has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is lamber, spelled L-A-M-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1Frotar algo con el dorso de la lengua.
- 2Halagar a alguno por propio interés.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lamber appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Muchas veces me he puesto á considerar aquel mandamiento de Dios que en el Levítico puso á los sacerdotes, de que siempre ardiese fuego en su altar; y pienso que fué en significación de esto que voy diciendo, porque ningún cuidado mayor ha de haber en el alma que el de arder siempre en el amor de su Dios, hecha, como dijo Isaías (Esa., 31), una calera enc…
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.