pandereta
Spanish, noun/pandeˈɾeta/
pandereta is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “tambourine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Instrumento de percusión formado por uno o dos aros superpuestos, provistos de sonajas o cascabeles…”.
What does pandereta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetambourine
- 2
femininea type of frame drum lacking the metallic jinglers found on the shell of a tambourine, and characteristically used in plena music
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrumento de percusión formado por uno o dos aros superpuestos, provistos de sonajas o cascabeles (ferrañes) y cuyo vano está cubierto por uno de sus cantos o por los dos con piel muy lisa y estirada (pergamino).
noun: 1. El que toca la pandereta₁, especialmente cuando forma parte de un grupo, orquesta, tuna, etc.
noun: 1. Muro de separación construido con ladrillos o concreto.
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 pandereta
- panderetas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pandereta?
- /pandeˈɾeta/
- [pãn̪.d̪eˈɾe.t̪a]
- [pãn̪d̪eˈɾet̪a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pandereta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pandereta in Spanish?
pandereta appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).