tambor

Meaning

1. (masculine) drum (a type of percussive musical instrument)
2. (masculine) drum (any hollow, cylindrical object)
3. (masculine) drum (any hollow, cylindrical object)
4. (masculine) drum (any hollow, cylindrical object)
5. (masculine) drum (any hollow, cylindrical object)
6. (masculine) drum (any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar)
7. (South-Brazil, masculine) cockpit (an enclosure for cockfights)

Concepts

drum

🥁

brake drum

barrel

cylinders

drummer

steel drum

hand-drum

harlot

roll

tympan

canister

membranophone

breech

Synonyms

caixa de rufo

tímpano

baterista

membranofone

Membranofone

Membranofones

Baterista

Bateristas

Translations

tambour

🥁

tambor

🥁

Trommel

🥁

tambor

🥁

tamburo

🥁

trommel

🥁

trom

🥁

cylindre

bus

🚌

timbal

🥁

τύμπανο

dahol

rol

def

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɐ̃ˈboʁ/

Etymology

Cognate with Persian: طبل

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese atanbor, from Arabic الطُنْبُور (aṭ-ṭunbūr); cognate to Persian طبل (“drum”), Spanish and Galician tambor.