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pampero
pam·pe·ro
/
pɑmˈpɛər
oʊ, pæm-;
Spanish
pɑmˈpɛ
rɔ
/
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[
pahm-
pair
-oh, pam-;
Spanish
pahm-
pe
-
r
aw
]
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noun,
plural
pam·pe·ros
/
-roʊz
;
Spanish
-rɔs
/
Show Spelled
[
-rohz
;
Spanish
-
r
aws
]
Show IPA
.
a cold and dry southwesterly wind that sweeps down over the pampas of Argentina from the Andes.
Origin:
1810–20;
<
American Spanish:
literally, of the pampas
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pampero
(pæmˈpɛərəʊ,
Spanish
pamˈpero)
—
n
,
pl
-ros
a dry cold wind in South America blowing across the pampas from the south or southwest
[C19: from American Spanish: (wind) of the
pampas
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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