Definitions for pamperos

pamperos pam·pe·ro

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

Pamperos is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 377 anagrams from letters in pamperos (aemopprs).

Definitions for pamperos

noun

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

Origin of pamperos

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

Examples for pamperos

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ostriches and hunters fled and galloped rapidly as the pampero.

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

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

Word Value for pamperos
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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