Definitions for pampero

pampero pam·pe·ro

Spelling: [pahm-pair-oh, pam-; Spanish pahm-pe-raw]
IPA: /pɑmˈpɛər oʊ, pæm-; Spanish pɑmˈpɛ rɔ/

Pampero is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 174 anagrams from letters in pampero (aemoppr).

Definitions for pampero

noun

  1. a cold and dry southwesterly wind that sweeps down over the pampas of Argentina from the Andes.

Origin of pampero

1810-20; American Spanish: literally, of the pampas

Examples for pampero

As the pampero docked, and the men came on deck, they were greeted by a shouting mob of enthusiastic people.

Weapons of the clumsiest, undressed skins as a protection from the occasional blasts of the pampero.

Therefore an attempt was made to disguise the character of the pampero and her purpose, and the men were all ordered below.

He explained that this pampero is frequent on the Argentine Plains.

A contest of wits ensued, in which Lopez was victorious, and the pampero successfully evaded her pursuers.

Ostriches and hunters fled and galloped rapidly as the pampero.

This is the pampero, the south wind, the wind from the Pampas, which blows straight from the frozen tops of the Andes.

The day of the pampero, however, did not pass by before another incident happened on board the Esmeralda.

It appeared, afterwards, that the pampero was signalized as a strange steamer, but not reported as suspicious until evening.

All announced the approach of the pampero, that simoom of the prairies.

Word Value for pampero
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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