tambor

tambor m (plural tambors)

1. drum

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /təmˈbo/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /tamˈboɾ/

tambor m (plural tambors)

1. drum

tambor m (plural tambores)

1. drum

• tambôr (superseded)

From Old Portuguese atanbor, from Arabic الطُنْبُور‎ (aṭ-ṭunbūr).

• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /tɐ̃.ˈboɹ/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɐ̃.ˈboɻ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐ̃.ˈboɾ/
• Hyphenation: tam‧bor

tambor m (plural tambores)

1. (musical instruments) drum (a type of percussive musical instrument)
2. drum (any hollow, cylindrical object)
3. drum (a barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage)
4. cylinder (part of a revolver which contains chambers for rounds)
5. tumbler (movable obstruction in a lock)
6. the revolving drum of a concrete mixer
7. (architecture) drum (any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar)
8. (regional, South Brazil) cockpit (an enclosure for cockfights)

• (type of barrel): tonel
• (firearm cylinder): cilindro

• (a type of percussive musical instrument): bongô, caixa, sarol, tamborim, tarol, tímpano, tom-tom

From Arabic طُنْبُور‎ (ṭunbūr).

• IPA^(key): [ta̠mˈβ̞o̞ɾ], [ta̠mˈbo̞ɾ]

tambor m (plural tambores)

1. drum
2. drum-shaped piece, part or device
3. (architecture) drum (wall that supports a dome)

• freno de tambor
• tambora
• tamborete
• tamboril
• tamborilear
• tamborín

• batería
• percusión