What does «mambrú» mean in Spanish?
- Iron lid or chimney of a ship's stove, which serves to direct the smoke to the opposite side of the wind.
- Children's round played by children in America since colonial times, with several variants of the song.
Examples of use in Spanish: "cantó el mambrú a dúo con un niño".
- (Mambrú se fue a la guerra) Spanish version of a popular French children's song, composed after the battle of Malplaquet (1709), which confronted the armies of Great Britain and France, during the War of the Spanish Succession. The most popular part of this song is: "Mambrú se fue a la guerra, mire usted qué dolor, qué pena, Mambrú se fue a la guerra, no sé cuándo vendrá...".