tamarindo

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tamarindo, from Old French tamarinde, from Arabic تَمْر هِنْدِيّ (tamr hindiyy).

Noun

tamarindo

1. tamarind preserve
2. tamarind candy

Central Nahuatl

Noun

tamarindo (inanimate)

1. (Calpan) tamarind

Italian

Etymology

From Old French tamarinde, from Arabic تَمْر هِنْدِيّ (tamr hindiyy).

Noun

tamarindo m (plural tamarindi)

1. tamarind (tree)
2. tamarind (fruit)

Descendants

• → German: Tamarinde
  • → Danish: tamarinde
  • → Dutch: tamarinde

Anagrams

• adontarmi, armandoti, madrinato, mandatori, maritando, rimandato, rimondata

Japanese

Romanization

tamarindo

1. Rōmaji transcription of タマリンド

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• tamarinho
• tambarino
• tambarina (Cape Verde)
• tamarina

Etymology

From Medieval Latin tamarindus, from Arabic تَمْر هِنْدِيّ (tamr hindiyy).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ta.maˈɾĩ.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ta.maˈɾĩ.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ta.maˈɾĩ.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐ.mɐˈɾĩ.du/

• Rhymes: -ĩdu

Noun

tamarindo m (plural tamarindos)

1. tamarind (Tamarindus indica, a tropical tree)

   Synonyms: tamarindeiro, tamarindeira, tamarineiro, tamarinheiro

2. tamarind (fruit of the tamarind tree)

Derived terms

• tamarindal
• tamarindeiro

Related terms

• tâmara

Further reading

• “tamarindo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “tamarindo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “tamarindo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “tamarindo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic تَمْر هِنْدِيّ (tamr hindiyy, “tamarind”, literally “Indian date”). The "police officer" sense is in reference to the fact that Mexican transit police officers used to wear brown uniforms from the 1950s until the early 2000s

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tamaˈɾindo/ [t̪a.maˈɾĩn̪.d̪o]
• Rhymes: -indo
• Syllabification: ta‧ma‧rin‧do

Noun

tamarindo m (plural tamarindos)

1. tamarind (tree)
2. tamarind (fruit)
3. a candy made of tamarind fruit
4. (Mexico, slang, dated) An officer of the transit police

Related terms

• tamarisco

Further reading

• “tamarindo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025