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pampero
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pampero \Pam*pe"ro\, n. [Sp., fr. pampa a plain.]
A violent wind from the west or southwest, which sweeps over
the pampas of South America and the adjacent seas, often
doing great damage.
--Sir W. Parish.
Pamperos \Pam*pe"ros\, n. pl.; sing. Pampero. [Sp. American.] (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians inhabiting the pampas of South America.
Wiktionary
n. A violent wind from the west or southwest, which sweeps over the pampas of South America and the adjacent seas, often doing great damage.
Wikipedia
Pampero may refer to:
- El Pampero, first balloon flown by the Argentine aviator Jorge Newbery in the 1910s
- Industrias Pampero, C.A., rum distillery in Venezuela
- Licoreros de Pampero, Venezuelan professional baseball club
- Pampero, a fictional ship from the BBC television drama series The Onedin Line
- Pampero Firpo, surname of Juan Kachmanian, a retired Argentine professional wrestler
- Pampero MRL, an Argentinian multiple rocket launcher
- Pampero, a southeastern wind in the South American pampas
- Pampero Ropa de Trabajo, an Argentine brand of work clothing and footwear, currently owned by Grupo Cardon.
The pampero is a burst of cold polar air from the west, southwest or south on the pampas in the south of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. This wind (often violently) picks up during the passage of a cold front of an active low passing by. It takes the form of a squall line and there is a marked drop in temperature after its passing. The Pampero is most common at winter in the southern hemisphere (principally between May and August). During the summers in the region around Buenos Aires, the pampero storms are a welcome feature marking the end of long periods of high humidity and extreme heat.
Usage examples of "pampero".
When Garibaldi was on the Pampas, he observed that his companions were irascible and prone to violent quarrels, when the Pampero blew, and that their behavior changed, when this wind ceased.
Cape Horn we were always under snug canvas at night, and during the day a bright look-out was kept, lest one of those sudden squalls called Pamperos might come off the land and whip the masts out of the ship, or lay her on her beam-ends, as frequently happens when the hands are not ready to shorten sail.