malambo
Spanish, noun/maˈlambo/
malambo is spelled M-A-L-A-M-B-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 82,716th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malambo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “malambo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Baile tradicional de Argentina, de dos hombres y en donde el gaucho luce sus habilidades de danzante al son…”.
What does malambo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemalambo
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Baile tradicional de Argentina, de dos hombres y en donde el gaucho luce sus habilidades de danzante al son de la guitarra, que acompaña al escobillado de sus pies que apenas palpitan sobre la tierra. Es un baile de desafío para mostrar la agilidad y flexibilidad del cuerpo. 2. Música que acompaña al malambo.
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 malambo
- malambos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malambo?
- /maˈlambo/
- [maˈlãm.bo]
- [maˈlãmbo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is malambo in Spanish?
malambo appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).