"tambo" meaning in Spanish

See tambo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈtambo/, [ˈt̪ãm.bo] Forms: tambos [plural]
Rhymes: -ambo Etymology: Borrowed from Quechua tampu. Semantic shift to mean rural outpost which came to be associated with dairy farms, and thus with dairy. Etymology templates: {{bor+|es|qu|tampu}} Borrowed from Quechua tampu, {{ss|es|cap=1}} Semantic shift Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} tambo m (plural tambos)
  1. (Rioplatense, Paraguay) dairy farm Tags: Paraguay, Rioplatense, masculine
    Sense id: en-tambo-es-noun-KXWTuOma Categories (other): Paraguayan Spanish, Rioplatense Spanish
  2. (Rioplatense, Paraguay) milking parlour Tags: Paraguay, Rioplatense, masculine
    Sense id: en-tambo-es-noun-Dajt7Ttk Categories (other): Paraguayan Spanish, Rioplatense Spanish, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 9 0 6 7 9 0 4 4 0 11 12 4 4 0 11 6 4 2 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 1 24 29 10 10 0 27
  3. (Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala) milk churn Tags: El-Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, masculine
    Sense id: en-tambo-es-noun-M2UjqqAv Categories (other): Guatemalan Spanish, Mexican Spanish, Salvadoran Spanish, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 9 0 6 7 9 0 4 4 0 11 12 4 4 0 11 6 4 2 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 1 24 29 10 10 0 27
  4. (Mexico, El Salvador) barrel Tags: El-Salvador, Mexico, masculine
    Sense id: en-tambo-es-noun-6LvmQjpi Categories (other): Mexican Spanish, Salvadoran Spanish
  5. (Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua) prison Tags: Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, masculine
    Sense id: en-tambo-es-noun-TVkbdrcX Categories (other): Guatemalan Spanish, Honduran Spanish, Mexican Spanish, Nicaraguan Spanish
  6. (Andes Mountains) inn Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-tambo-es-noun-4NwK16xL Categories (other): Andean Spanish
  7. (Peru) trading post Tags: Peru, masculine
    Sense id: en-tambo-es-noun-cfOsXehx Categories (other): Peruvian Spanish, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish words that have undergone semantic shift Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 9 0 6 7 9 0 4 4 0 11 12 4 4 0 11 6 4 2 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 1 24 29 10 10 0 27 Disambiguation of Spanish words that have undergone semantic shift: 0 11 29 11 11 0 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tambero, tambito [diminutive]

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2017 January 23, “Sancionarán cruce ilegal de gasolina de EU a México”, in Frontera.info:",
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