malamba

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Fang (Bantu) malamba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈlamba/ [maˈlãm.ba]
• Rhymes: -amba
• Syllabification: ma‧lam‧ba

Noun

malamba f (plural malambas)

1. (Equatorial Guinea) a kind of alcoholic drink, made by fermenting cane sugar.

Further reading

• “malamba”, 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