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zambo.

bowlegged, bandy-legged

5 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈθambo/[ˈθãm.bo]/ˈsambo/[ˈsãm.bo]
  1. bowlegged, bandy-legged

  2. Zambo (one of mixed African and Native American ancestry)

    Latin-America
Where this word comes from

Uncertain, but probably from an alteration of Vulgar Latin *strambus (“squinting, crosseyed, crooked, distorted”), from Latin strabus, from Ancient Greek στραβός (strabós).

noun/ˈθambo/[ˈθãm.bo]/ˈsambo/[ˈsãm.bo]
  1. Zambo

    Latin-America · masculine
Where this word comes from

Uncertain, but probably from an alteration of Vulgar Latin *strambus (“squinting, crosseyed, crooked, distorted”), from Latin strabus, from Ancient Greek στραβός (strabós).

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