Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

malambo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: malam-bo
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An old Argentine dance.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A yellowish aromatic bark, used in medicine and perfumery, said to be from the South American shrub Croton malambo.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Portuguese [Term?].

Origin

Source language: Portuguese

Usage

Inflected Forms

malambos (plural)

Synonyms

matias bark Malambo bark winter's bark

Questions

What does malambo mean?: An old Argentine dance.
Where does malambo come from?: It is traced to Portuguese.

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