tamarindo

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

tamarindo

1. tamarind preserve
2. tamarind candy

tamarindo (inanimate)

1. (Calpan) tamarind

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

tamarindo m (plural tamarindi)

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

• → German: Tamarinde
  • → Danish: tamarinde
  • → Dutch: tamarinde

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

tamarindo

1. Rōmaji transcription of タマリンド

• tamarinho
• tambarino
• tambarina (Cape Verde)
• tamarina

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

• Rhymes: -ĩdu

tamarindo m (plural tamarindos)

1. tamarind (Tamarindus indica, a tropical tree)

   Synonyms: tamarindeiro, tamarindeira, tamarineiro, tamarinheiro

2. tamarind (fruit of the tamarind tree)

• “tamarindo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “tamarindo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

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

• IPA^(key): /tamaˈɾindo/ [t̪a.maˈɾĩn̪.d̪o]
• Rhymes: -indo
• Syllabification: ta‧ma‧rin‧do

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

• “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], 10 December 2024