chimbo

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• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃimbo/ [ˈt͡ʃĩm.bo]
• Rhymes: -imbo
• Syllabification: chim‧bo

chimbo (feminine chimba, masculine plural chimbos, feminine plural chimbas)

1. (Colombia, Venezuela) worn out, old, crappy
2. (Paraguay, Venezuela) fake

chimbo m (plural chimbos)

1. (Honduras) gas cylinder

   Synonym: tanque de gas

   • 2016 November 11, “Explosión de chimbo de gas deja 5 heridos en restaurante”, in La Prensa‎^[1]:

     Cinco personas resultaron con quemaduras en su cuerpo luego que ocurriera la explosión de un chimbo de gas en su lugar de trabajo, un restaurante ubicado en un edificio del bulevar Morazán, de la capital.

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2. (Colombia) penis
3. (Basque Country) any of several passerine birds, including shrikes, redstarts and warblers

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

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chimbo class V (plural machimbo class VI)

1. mine (place from which ore is extracted)

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