tamborim
Portuguese, noun/tɐ̃.boˈɾĩ/
tamborim is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tamborim (a type of small, hand-held drum)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tambor pequeno, tamboril”.
What does tamborim mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetamborim (a type of small, hand-held drum)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tambor pequeno, tamboril
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 tamborim
- tamborins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tamborim?
- Brazil /tɐ̃.boˈɾĩ/
- Portugal /tɐ̃.buˈɾĩ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tamborim in Portuguese?
tamborim appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).