tamarindo

Meaning

1. (masculine) tamarind (tree)
2. (masculine) tamarind (fruit)
3. (masculine) a candy made of tamarind fruit
4. (Mexico, dated, masculine, slang) An officer of the transit police

Concepts

tamarind

Tamarindus indica

vindaloo

Synonyms

ladrón

Tamarindus indica

taray

pulparindo

Translations

tamarin

tamarinier

tamarindo

tamarinde

Tamarinde

tamarindo

تمر هندي

demirhindi

Tamarindus Indica

Tamarindus indica

tamarindenbaum

تَمْر هِنْدِيّ

tamarindus indica

Indische Dattel

Hyphenated as

ta‧ma‧rin‧do

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tamaˈɾindo/

Etymology

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