pampero

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noun

A violent wind from the west or southwest, which sweeps over the pampas of South America and the adjacent seas, often doing great damage.

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Meanings

pampero1

nounpampero (plural pamperos)

plural pamperos

  1. A violent wind from the west or southwest, which sweeps over the pampas of South America and the adjacent seas, often doing great damage.

    All these miseries, however, are not without their remedy; when the sufferings of the natives are at their climax, the mercury will give the sure indication of a coming pampero, as the south-wester is called […]

    1838, Woodbine Parish, Buenos Ayres, and the provinces of the Rio de La Plata, page 49

Pampero2

nounPampero (plural Pamperos)

plural Pamperos

  1. Someone inhabiting the pampas of South America.

Origin

pampero · noun

  1. Spanishpampa“a plain”
  2. Englishpampero

From Spanish pampa (“a plain”).

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Pampero · noun

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APA

pampero. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pampero

MLA

“pampero.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pampero. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pampero,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pampero.

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