bambo
Portuguese, adjective/ˈbɐ̃.bu/
bambo is spelled B-A-M-B-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 117,162nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bambo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “unstable, wobbling or wobbly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “frouxo”.
What does bambo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unstable, wobbling or wobbly
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. frouxo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bambo
- bamba feminine
- bambos masculine plural
- bambas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bambo?
- Brazil /ˈbɐ̃.bu/
- Portugal /ˈbɐ̃.bu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bambo in Portuguese?
bambo appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).