mampara

Unknown. Zulu for 'fool'. Possibly an imitative rendition of the call of the Cape Turtle Dove. A slang term used by hunters for this particularly silly pigeon.

• Cape Turtle Dove:

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mampara (plural mamparas)

1. (South Africa, slang) A fool; a buffoon.

   Every week the Sunday Times names and shames a mampara—generally a public figure who has said or done something so idiotic that it boggles the mind.

mampara (plural mamparas)

1. alternative form of mamparra

Deverbal from mamparar, alteration of emparar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [məmˈpa.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [mamˈpa.ɾa]

mampara f (plural mampares)

1. (nautical) bulkhead
2. partition, partition wall

• “mampara”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From archaic mamparar (“to safeguard”), possibly from Latin manu parāre (“stop with the hand”).

• IPA^(key): /mamˈpaɾa/ [mãmˈpa.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Syllabification: mam‧pa‧ra

mampara f (plural mamparas)

1. panel (small movable screen)

   Synonym: panel

2. ellipsis of mampara de ducha: shower screen, shower door

• “mampara”, 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