tambora

English

Etymology

From Spanish tambor.

Noun

tambora (plural tamboras)

1. A two-headed Dominican drum used in merengue music.

Spanish

Noun

tambora f (plural tamboras)

1. bombo, bombo criollo
   • 2015 October 28, “Un popular cantante de corridos mexicanos, acusado de fraude”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Julio Preciado es para la banda y la tambora, la música típica del noroeste mexicano, lo que Julio Iglesias al pop internacional.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “tambora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10