tamborín
Spanish, noun/tamboˈɾin/
tamborín is spelled T-A-M-B-O-R-Í-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 56 million words in written Spanish, the 262,932nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tamborín 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 tamborín 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 tamborín
- tamborines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tamborín?
- /tamboˈɾin/
- [t̪ãm.boˈɾĩn]
- [t̪ãmboˈɾĩn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tamborín in Spanish?
tamborín appears about once in every 56 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).