zambo

/[ˈsãmbo]/ adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#88,444

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

zambo is anSpanishadj. It means: Que tiene las rodillas juntas y los pies más separados que éstas, la condición anatómica llamada genu valgum. Pronounced [ˈsãmbo].

Key facts for zambo
PropertyValue
Headwordzambo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈsãmbo]
Letters5
Frequency rank#88,444
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of zambo in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for zambo is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsãmbo]. Corpus data places it at rank #88,444 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for zambo in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is zambo, spelled Z-A-M-B-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que tiene las rodillas juntas y los pies más separados que éstas, la condición anatómica llamada genu valgum.
  2. 2
    Que tiene las piernas torcidas o arqueadas de modo que no logra juntar las rodillas, la condición anatómica llamada genu varus.

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Frequency rank: #88,444 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "zambo"?
"zambo" is spelled Z-A-M-B-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsãmbo].
What does "zambo" mean?
As an adj, "zambo" means: Que tiene las rodillas juntas y los pies más separados que éstas, la condición anatómica llamada genu valgum.
How do you pronounce "zambo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zambo" is [ˈsãmbo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zambo" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.