címbalo
Portuguese, noun/ˈsĩ.ba.lu/
címbalo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cymbal (musical instrument)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “instrumento de percussão metálico com formato de disco”.
What does címbalo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecymbal (musical instrument)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. instrumento de percussão metálico com formato de disco
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of címbalo
- címbalos plural
- cêmbalo alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce címbalo?
- Brazil /ˈsĩ.ba.lu/
- Portugal /ˈsĩ.bɐ.lu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is címbalo in Portuguese?
címbalo appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).