cumbiero
Spanish, noun/kumˈbjeɾo/
cumbiero is spelled C-U-M-B-I-E-R-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish, the 145,755th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cumbiero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cumbia musician” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tambor membranófono de forma cilíndrica o cónica, tensado con cuerdas ajustadas con cuñas de madera…”.
What does cumbiero mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecumbia musician
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tambor membranófono de forma cilíndrica o cónica, tensado con cuerdas ajustadas con cuñas de madera, utilizado por los afrodescendientes de Panamá para tocar la cumbia.
adjective: 1. Que pertenece o concierne a la cumbia. 2. Más generalmente, perteneciente o relativo a la música afrolatina en general. 3. Dicho de un músico, que se dedica a estos géneros musicales. 4. Dicho de una persona, aficionada a estos géneros musicales.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cumbiero
- cumbieros plural
- cumbiera feminine
- cumbieras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cumbiero?
- /kumˈbjeɾo/
- [kũmˈbje.ɾo]
- [kũmˈbjeɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cumbiero in Spanish?
cumbiero appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).