timbalero

English

Etymology

Spanish

Noun

timbalero (plural timbaleros)

1. One who plays the timbales.
   • 2009 April 13, A. E. Velez, “Manny Oquendo, Latin Band Leader and Stylistic Innovator, Dies at 78”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     “The timbales are for providing accompaniment, backup for the group; and a good timbalero must have a strong left hand to play the tumbao and pailas or cascara,” he said, referring to different rhythmic patterns in a measure.

Anagrams

• Baltimore, artmobile, bromalite

Spanish

Noun

timbalero m (plural timbaleros, feminine timbalera, feminine plural timbaleras)

1. timbalero (one who plays the timbales)
2. timpanist (one who plays the timpani)

Further reading

• “timbalero”, 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