tamborilero
Spanish, noun/tamboɾiˈleɾo/
tamborilero is spelled T-A-M-B-O-R-I-L-E-R-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish, the 97,136th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tamborilero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “drummer (one who plays a drum)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Quien tiene por oficio tocar el tamboril”.
What does tamborilero mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedrummer (one who plays a drum)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Quien tiene por oficio tocar el tamboril.
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 tamborilero
- tamborileros plural
- tamborilera feminine
- tamborileras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tamborilero?
- /tamboɾiˈleɾo/
- [t̪ãm.bo.ɾiˈle.ɾo]
- [t̪ãmboɾiˈleɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tamborilero in Spanish?
tamborilero appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).