tambor
Spanish, noun/tamˈboɾ/
tambor is spelled T-A-M-B-O-R (6 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 12,987th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tambor is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “drum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Instrumento de percusión membranófono que consta de una caja de resonancia, generalmente de forma cilíndrica…”.
What does tambor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedrum
- 2
masculinedrum-shaped piece, part or device
- 3
masculinedrum (wall that supports a dome)
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 membranófono que consta de una caja de resonancia, generalmente de forma cilíndrica, y una (o dos) membrana, llamada parche, que cubre la abertura de la caja. 2. Recipiente de gran extension con forma de tambor₁. 3. El que toca el tambor en las tropas de infantería. 4. En el juego de pelota, tiro que pega en un chaflán ubicado a la derecha o en una pared lateral antes de dar en el frontón.
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 tambor
- tambores plural
- atambor alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tambor?
- /tamˈboɾ/
- [t̪ãmˈboɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tambor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tambor in Spanish?
tambor appears 4.5 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).