Masculine
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tambor
- (masculine) drum (a type of percussive musical instrument)
- (masculine) drum (any hollow, cylindrical object)
- (masculine) drum (any hollow, cylindrical object)
- (masculine) drum (any hollow, cylindrical object)
- (masculine) drum (any hollow, cylindrical object)
- (masculine) drum (any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar)
- (South-Brazil, masculine) cockpit (an enclosure for cockfights)
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/tɐ̃ˈboʁ/
Etymology
In summary
From Old Galician-Portuguese atanbor, from Arabic الطُنْبُور (aṭ-ṭunbūr); cognate to Persian طبل (“drum”), Spanish and Galician tambor.
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