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10 Language-to-English DictionariesDimbo
/ˈdɪm.boʊ/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A foolish, stupid, or mentally slow person.
"He felt like a complete dimbo after dropping his keys down the elevator shaft."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined as an alteration or playful variant of the noun 'dimwit', blending 'dim' (meaning dull-witted) with the suffix or rhyming cadence found in names and colloquial pejoratives like 'umbo' or 'dumbo'. It emerged in informal 20th-century American slang as a humorous descriptor for a foolish or slow-witted person.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Dimbo" is said worldwide
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imbécile
Transliteration: /ɛ̃.be.sil/
"Il a agi comme un dimbo devant tout le monde."
Dummkopf
Transliteration: /ˈdʊmˌkɔp͡f/
"Mach keinen Unsinn, du kleiner Dummkopf."
tontolone
Transliteration: /ton.toˈlo.ne/
"Si è comportato da vero tontolone."
tonto
Transliteration: /ˈton.to/
"No seas tonto y piensa antes de hablar."
tolo
Transliteration: /ˈto.lu/
"Ele agiu como um tolo na reunião."
बेवकूफ़
Transliteration: bevkoof
"उसने ऐसा बेवकूफ़ों जैसा काम क्यों किया?"
笨蛋
Transliteration: bèndàn
"别像个笨蛋一样把事情搞砸了。"
바보
Transliteration: babo
"그는 정말 바보 같은 실수를 저질렀다."
馬鹿者
Transliteration: bakamono
"あんな馬鹿者な真似をするな。"
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