tamboril
Spanish, noun/tamboˈɾil/
tamboril is spelled T-A-M-B-O-R-I-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 88,614th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tamboril is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “tabor (small drum)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tambor pequeño que, colgado usualmente del brazo izquierdo, se toca con un solo palillo o baqueta, y…”.
What does tamboril mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetabor (small drum)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tambor pequeño que, colgado usualmente del brazo izquierdo, se toca con un solo palillo o baqueta, y, acompañando por lo común al pito, se usa en las danzas populares.
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 tamboril
- tamboriles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tamboril?
- /tamboˈɾil/
- [t̪ãm.boˈɾil]
- [t̪ãmboˈɾil]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tamboril
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tamboril in Spanish?
tamboril appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).