pombero
Spanish, noun/pomˈbeɾo/
pombero is spelled P-O-M-B-E-R-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 117,287th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pombero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a kind of bogeyman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Criatura de la tradición mesopotámica de Argentina y Paraguay, que se supone que defiende a los pájaros y a…”.
What does pombero mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea kind of bogeyman
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Criatura de la tradición mesopotámica de Argentina y Paraguay, que se supone que defiende a los pájaros y a los cocuyos y rapta a los niños que los persiguen.
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 pombero
- pomberos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pombero?
- /pomˈbeɾo/
- [põmˈbe.ɾo]
- [põmˈbeɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pombero in Spanish?
pombero 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).