Tamarindo - Wiktionary

Cebuano

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Etymology

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

Noun

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tamarindo

1. tamarind preserve
2. tamarind candy

Central Nahuatl

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Noun

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tamarindo (inanimate)

1. (Calpan) tamarind

Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:tamarindoWikipedia it

Etymology

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

Noun

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tamarindo m (plural tamarindi)

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

Descendants

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

Anagrams

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

Japanese

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Romanization

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tamarindo

1. Rōmaji transcription of タマリンド

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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• (Brazil) IPA(key): /ta.maˈɾĩ.du/

• (Brazil) IPA(key): /ta.maˈɾĩ.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ta.maˈɾĩ.do/

• (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɐ.mɐˈɾĩ.du/

• Rhymes: -ĩdu

Noun

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tamarindo m (plural tamarindos)

1. tamarind (Tamarindus indica, a tropical tree) Synonyms: tamarindeiro, tamarindeira, tamarineiro, tamarinheiro
2. tamarind (fruit of the tamarind tree)

Derived terms

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• tamarindal
• tamarindeiro

Related terms

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• tâmara

Further reading

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• “tamarindo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “tamarindo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “tamarindo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025, →ISBN
• “tamarindo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:tamarindoWikipedia es

Etymology

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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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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

Related terms

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• tamarisco

Further reading

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• “tamarindo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025