pampero
noun
a cold and dry southwesterly wind that sweeps down over the pampas of Argentina from the Andes.
pamperos
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pluralof pampero.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The fierce pamperos render the navigation of this estuary oftentimes precarious.
From Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America by Maturin Murray Ballou
The anchorage of Montevideo was safe, although several times they were visited by "pamperos," a scourge of the South-West, accompanied by violent tempests.
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century by Léon Benett
Then, after checks on sandbanks and hindrances from pamperos, Buenos Ayres was touched at, then Monte Video, with its busy port.
From Rob Harlow's Adventures A Story of the Grand Chaco by W. Burton
The craft on the rivers are, however, often caught in these pamperos, and driven into the bush, or upset, when the swift current carries down the best of swimmers to a watery grave.
From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by William Henry Giles Kingston
The boisterous south-west winds, extensions of River Plate pamperos, are heralded by clear blue skies.
From The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad by E. F. (Edward Frederick) Knight
