tumbaburros
Spanish, noun[t̪ũmbaˈβ̞uros]
tumbaburros is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “dictionary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Diccionario, en especial uno de gran tamaño”.
What does tumbaburros mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineslangdictionary
- 2
masculinegrille guard
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Diccionario, en especial uno de gran tamaño. 2. Parachoques grande que se instala al frente de los vehículos.
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.
How do you pronounce tumbaburros?
- [t̪ũmbaˈβ̞uros]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tumbaburros
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tumbaburros in Spanish?
tumbaburros appears about once in every 83 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).