When thezambo comes in, I shall seize him by the throat and threaten him with my dagger.
When the smoke of the discharge blew away, the Zambo had disappeared.
A few years ago a Zambo of great daring was sentenced to death for robbery, and he demanded to be shot upon the Plaza de la Inquisicion.
No doubt that cursed zambo induced her to go down to the sea-gate on some pretext, and then took her off to the war-ship, which stood in to land under cover of darkness.
It was possible that, out of revenge, the zambo might have decoyed Dolores beyond the walls, and there surrendered her to the Indians.
But the Zambo was far more nimble than the sluggish Leperos, and his speed of foot, and active bounds over the heaps of lava, enabled him to laugh at the pursuit and menaces of those zealous partisans of the illustrious Vicente Guerero.
That one," replied a voice, and the Zambo called Cassio Isidro stepped forward, and pointed to the old Indian whose acquaintance we have already made under the name of Tatli Ixtla.
And now we are here, the fool will not see the doctor, because he would be obliged to call the Zambo Don, or Senor.
No, never will we give to a miserable Zambo the title of Senor; we, whose ancestors were at the fight of Roncesvalles.
If this zambo escaped, as he says, he could easily have reached Tlatonac from this point.
The zambo who decoyed Dolores from Tlatonac--the lover of Marina?
His escort was well armed, so the zambo did not try to escape, knowing that before he could run a few yards he would have a bullet in his skull.
The zambo made no attempt to escape, as now seeing the power of the Junta, and knowing that his life was safe, he had quite gone over to the side of Don Hypolito's enemies.
The Zambo cook, as usual, laid the explorers' breakfast on deck.
Zambo cook, coming aft with a small basket of yesterday's fish which he had been keeping for bait.
The soldiers according to custom levelled their muskets and fired; but how great was the surprise, when the cloud of smoke dispersed, and it was discovered that the zambo had vanished.
The Zambo laughs at them all, and says "if he himself is not worth much, yet he is better than his parents.
The restaurateur, usually a zambo or a mulatto, prides himself in the superiority of his picantes and his clicha.
The zambo robbers are notorious for committing the most heartless cruelties.
I found him exceedingly complaisant and courteous in his manners; but his true zambo nature was not wholly concealed beneath the smooth surface.
Presently Zambo looked up, waved his hand, and turned to ascend the pinnacle.
Zambo occupied our little tent at the base of the pinnacle, and there he remained, our one link with the world below.
Now I am rounding off my narrative from the old camp, where Zambo has waited so long, with all our difficulties and dangers left like a dream behind us upon the summit of those vast ruddy crags which tower above our heads.
Meanwhile, I can see that the Indians are still in their place, and I am sure that the faithful Zambowill be here presently to get my letter.
What with the things we had ourselves brought up and those which Zambo had sent across on the rope, we were fairly well supplied.
An instant afterwardsZambo rose, looked at the prostrate man, and then, waving his hand joyously to us, came running in our direction.
We realized that Zambo spoke the truth, and that it would be impossible for him to keep them.
These documents I threw to Zambo in the evening, and also my purse, which contained three English sovereigns.
When we reached the edge of the cliff I looked over and saw our good old black Zambo sitting smoking on a rock below us.
The zambo pointed to the south, saying in Spanish that mules were plenty in that direction.
The zambo enjoys his dolce far niente while his wife does his work-- what work there is, but that is not much.
It was ascertained that the Zambo was a native of one of the Indian villages which surround the great lake of Maracaybo.
The Zambo seeing himself surrounded, thought no longer of defence.
The Zambo drew a long knife; and in this unequal struggle we should infallibly have been wounded, if some Biscayan merchants, who were taking the air on the beach, had not come to our assistance.
He did not see the Zambo so soon as I did, and received a stroke above the temple, which levelled him with the ground.
The mulatto, as the principal man, took the principal part in the conversation, while the zambo hung in the background.
The zambo was of opinion it would be useless to go farther that night-- they had no chance of coming up with the cibolero before morning--in daylight they would more easily make out his trail.
Saying this, the yellow hunter straddled his horse, and followed by the zambo and the dogs commenced moving down the rocky channel of the ravine.
The head and body of the zambo followed; and both now glided silently over the grass in the direction of the sleeper.
Whatever desire the zambo might have felt to get away from that spot, his antagonist had no such design.
The zambo had gone back in the same direction whence he had come.
The zambo had by this time got full two hundred yards in the advance, but before he had run two hundred more, there was not half that distance between them.
The bay of the hound was satisfactory evidence of the presence of the yellow hunter, and of course the zambo was along with him.
The zambo carried an escopeta strapped in a slanting direction along the flap of his saddle, a machete upon his thigh, and a bow with a quiver of arrows hung over his back.
The zambotook his station according to the plan they had agreed upon; while the yellow hunter, bloodhound in hand, remained by the entrance of the cave.
The zambo had disappeared in the underwood almost at the same instant that Carlos had mounted and galloped out through the avenue.
Still another, also just, was that the zambo was now making for the horses!
He knew thezambo well enough to tell that his courage was now gone.
The zambo sat perfectly silent until she was close enough for his purpose, and then, suddenly raising the raw-hide, which he had hitherto held behind him, he laid it with all his strength over her back and shoulders.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "zambo" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
