Did you by any chance mean Papago?
Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A local, violent, northeast wind, with tornadic whirls, which descends during October to May from the mountains into the Gulf of Papagayo at the northwest corner of Costa Rica and the southwest corner of Nicaragua. Similar storm winds, but less violent, extend along the Pacific coasts of Mexico, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. Also called Papagallo, Papagalla, Papagello.
Examples
“Un papagayo bonito? she asked in a soothing voice.”
“Keep your lanterns open, and, if you see a goblin or a papagayo, take to your trampers.”
“Coco is an endangered Hyacinth Macaw, known in Paraguayan Spanish as a "papagayo azul.”
“mi familia—my family un papagayo—a parrot hola- hello bonito/a—pretty”
““And you’re Isabel with the fabulous papagayo shirt?””
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘papagayo’.
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wind names
yet another list like this.
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250 Further Spelling Words
Another compilation of spelling words suitable for intermediate to advanced spellers.
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When I'm Feeling Windy
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Lunfardo
The delightful patois of Buenos Aires, part prison argot, part Spanish-Verlan (known as Vesre), part tango-lingo.
raviol, sanguche, fangushes, pamela, manyapapeles, tordo, morcilla, morfón, plata, papa, lobisón, pris and 16 more...
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