yambo
[ˈʝãmbo]
The verdict
“yambo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En poesía, pie formado por una sílaba corta y otra larga.
Corpus desk
Index ES-yambo · yambo · Spanish
yambo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Y" 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 | yambo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʝãmbo] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “yambo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
yambo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʝãmbo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En poesía, pie formado por una sílaba corta y otra larga.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for yambo in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is yambo, spelled Y-A-M-B-O.
Definition
- 1En poesía, pie formado por una sílaba corta y otra larga.
Synonyms
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.