tamarindo

Etymology

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

Noun

tamarindo

1. tamarind preserve
2. tamarind candy

Noun

tamarindo (inanimate)

1. (Calpan) tamarind

Etymology

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

Noun

tamarindo m (plural tamarindi)

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

Anagrams

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

Romanization

tamarindo

1. Rōmaji transcription of タマリンド

Alternative forms

• tamarinho, tambarino, tamarina

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

tamarindo m (plural tamarindos)

1. tamarind (Tamarindus indica, a tropical tree)

   Synonyms: tamarindeiro, tamarindeira, tamarineiro, tamarinheiro

2. tamarind (fruit of the tamarind tree)

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

Further reading

• “tamarindo”, 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