pampero

See also: Pampero

English

Etymology

From Spanish pampa (“a plain”).

Noun

pampero (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.
   • 1838, Woodbine Parish, Buenos Ayres, and the provinces of the Rio de La Plata, page 49:

     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 […]

Spanish

Adjective

pampero (feminine pampera, masculine plural pamperos, feminine plural pamperas)

1. of, from or relating to the pampas

Noun

pampero m (plural pamperos, feminine pampera, feminine plural pamperas)

1. native or inhabitant of the pampas (male or of unspecified gender)
2. pampero (wind)
3. shearwater

Further reading

• “pampero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10