The pampero is a dry, cold wind, exceedingly violent. From Wordnik.com. [The Naturalist in La Plata] Reference
A pleasant “pampero” tempered the ardor of the sun — one of those winds which in. From Wordnik.com. [Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon] Reference
Even in the pampero it had not been so low as that. From Wordnik.com. [The Mutiny of the Elsinore] Reference
Last night's was a real pampero -- though a mild one. From Wordnik.com. [The Mutiny of the Elsinore] Reference
So now, when the pampero had passed away and the excitement was over. From Wordnik.com. [On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story] Reference
A pampero at its ordinary level is no joke; but this was the charge of. From Wordnik.com. [From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life] Reference
After this we settled down to a two days 'pampero, with a huge but regular sea. From Wordnik.com. [From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life] Reference
(Taino), pampero (Quechua-Aymara), and puna (Quechua) are meteorological terms. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 3] Reference
"The pampero?" said Giovanni -- or, to shorten it to Rob's familiar nickname, Joe -- quietly. From Wordnik.com. [Rob Harlow's Adventures A Story of the Grand Chaco] Reference
Another Spanish suffix, - ero, appears in pampero, based on the Quechua-Aymara loanword pampa. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 3] Reference
(pampero) we had to lie at anchor here for a day and a half, as the pilot could not be taken off. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912] Reference
Instead of remaining hove-to on the pampero, Captain West had turned tail and was running before it. From Wordnik.com. [The Mutiny of the Elsinore] Reference
We are now off the Plate, a region notorious for storms, and Mr. Pike is on the lookout for a pampero. From Wordnik.com. [The Mutiny of the Elsinore] Reference
"Hurrah, Macdougall!" he exclaimed, "the old barquey has been too much for my River Plate bully of a pampero.". From Wordnik.com. [On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story] Reference
It was the morning of that pampero off the Plate, when you were thrown through the door into my father's stateroom. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 37] Reference
It happened soon after a wild storm, a kind of semi-pampero, had swept over the glen with much thunder and lightning and heavy rains. From Wordnik.com. [Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure] Reference
Mr. Pike, clinging to my door-casing while his legs sprawled adrift in a succession of terrific rolls, paused to tell me that it was a new one on him in the pampero line. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 29] Reference
Mr. Pike, clinging to my door - casing while his legs sprawled adrift in a succession of terrific rolls, paused to tell me that it was a new one on him in the pampero line. From Wordnik.com. [The Mutiny of the Elsinore] Reference
Then dark clouds are seen in the west; the fierce pampero bursts forth with irresistible force; they bend before it, and in a few seconds the whole forest is levelled with the ground. From Wordnik.com. [The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America] Reference
A race meeting was being held near the town of El Carmen, on a high exposed piece of ground, when, shortly before sunset, a violent pampero wind came up, laden with dense dust-clouds. From Wordnik.com. [The Naturalist in La Plata] Reference
Days followed of pleasant sailing, generally with the pampero blowing, but with a few changes round to the north, when, as they tacked up the river, it was like being in another climate. From Wordnik.com. [Rob Harlow's Adventures A Story of the Grand Chaco] Reference
We had a pilot on board as far as Montevideo, where we arrived on the afternoon of the 9th; but on account of an increasing wind (pampero) we had to lie at anchor here for a day and a half, as the pilot could not be taken off. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 2] Reference
"The pampero came, the south-west wind, flattening the thistles. From Wordnik.com. [The Satanic Verses]
¿Muere acaso el pampero, se mueren las espadas?. From Wordnik.com. [veruscio Diary Entry] Reference
Wait till you see a real pampero. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 28] Reference
Wild days in a pampero off the Plate. From Wordnik.com. [Georgian Poetry 1911-12] Reference
Ten days have passed since the pampero. From Wordnik.com. [The Mutiny of the Elsinore] Reference
It was the morning of that pampero off the. From Wordnik.com. [The Mutiny of the Elsinore] Reference
During the pampero the place had been awash. From Wordnik.com. [The Mutiny of the Elsinore] Reference
"Wait till you see a real pampero. From Wordnik.com. [The Mutiny of the Elsinore] Reference
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