What does «jambo» mean in Spanish?
- Guy, guy, so-and-so.
♦ Used in: Spain
Examples of use in Spanish: "mira aquel jambo".
- Sly, cunning.
♦ Used in: Spain - A person with a strong constitution and who flaunts it.
♦ Used in: Spain - Yambo: foot of Greek and Latin poetry.
- A flowering plant species named Acmella oleracea. It is used as a painkiller. Native to Brazil and Peru.
- Common name for several plants and their fruits, also known as Malabar plum, water apple or Malayan plum. It originates in the tropical areas of South and Southeast Asia. The fruit was brought from Asia to Portugal by early Portuguese sailors, and from there to Brazil, where it flourishes in the tropical regions of the country. There are many varieties of jambo, but the three most common in Brazil are distinguished by their color: jambo vermelho (red jambo), which is a dark reddish-purple fruit, jambo branco (white jambo), which is an icy white and shiny, and jambo rosa, which is light pink.
- Word used by gypsies to refer to those who are not gypsies.
- Unbearable, talkative.
Examples of use in Spanish: "es una jamba".
- In architecture, each of the two vertical pieces that support the lintel of doors or windows.