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tamborada

Spanish, noun/tamboˈɾada/

tamborada is spelled T-A-M-B-O-R-A-D-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written Spanish, the 239,276th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tamborada is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “drumming band; marching band of drummers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Gran concentración de tamborileros o repicantes. Se trata de una fiesta típica y de interés turístico en…”.

What does tamborada mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininedrumming band; marching band of drummers

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Gran concentración de tamborileros o repicantes. Se trata de una fiesta típica y de interés turístico en diversas localidades españolas.

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 tamborada

  • tamboradas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce tamborada?

  • /tamboˈɾada/
  • [t̪ãm.boˈɾa.ð̞a]
  • [t̪ãmboˈɾað̞a]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is tamborada in Spanish?

tamborada appears about once in every 46 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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