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tambor.

drum (percussive musical instrument)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

noun/tamˈboɾ/
  1. drum (percussive musical instrument)

    masculine
  2. drum (any hollow, cylindrical object)

    masculine
  3. hood (device to suck away smokes and fumes)

    masculine
  4. cylinder (part of a revolver which contains chambers for rounds)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese atambor (“Moor drum”), from Arabic الطُنْبُور (aṭ-ṭunbūr); see Persian طبل (“drum”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.