Definitions tagged cambur in the street dictionary.
A strip of fiber taken from a banana tree leaf sheath. The dried sheath itself is also called by this name and is used as a string to tie hallacas (a traditional Venezuelan corn dough dish wrapped in banana leaves) in the state of Lara.
pass me that cepa to tie these hallacas
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The name for the large, reddish bud at the end of a banana plant stalk. In slang, it refers to a large, red, and swollen bump on the body resulting from a hard blow (cambur is the local term for a banana).
That kid fell down and now he has a huge mameyota on his forehead.
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A Venezuelan term for a specific variety of banana or plantain, usually small and thick. (In Venezuela, the standard word for banana is cambur).
Those chochecos from the afternoon snack were nice and sweet.
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A staple Venezuelan side dish consisting of ripe plantains that are sliced and fried until sweet and caramelized. (Tajadas are one of the four essential components of the national dish, pabellon criollo).
"The tajadas are the best part of the pabellon" and "Nothing beats my mom's tajadas."
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A common word for a banana. (While cambur is the standard term in most of Venezuela, guineo is frequently used in western regions like Zulia and the Andes to refer to the fruit).
I like GUINEO more than apples. I do not know what people see in the GUINEO.
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The standard name used in the Dominican Republic for a banana.
Do not eat GUINEO with habichuela con dulce (a sweet bean cream traditional to the Dominican Republic).
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