yumbo

Somali

Alternative forms

• yunbo

Verb

yumbo (middle voice)

1. (intransitive) immerge (in water)

References

• “yumbo”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaaliga, 2012

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English jumbo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝumbo/ [ˈɟ͡ʝũm.bo]

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝumbo/ [ˈɟ͡ʝũm.bo] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃumbo/ [ˈʃũm.bo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʒumbo/ [ˈʒũm.bo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -umbo
• Syllabification: yum‧bo

Adjective

yumbo (feminine yumba, masculine plural yumbos, feminine plural yumbas) (Latin America)

1. alternative form of jumbo

Noun

yumbo m (plural yumbos) (Latin America)

1. alternative form of jumbo

Further reading

• “yumbo”, 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
• “yumbo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010