"tambor" meaning in Portuguese

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Noun

IPA: /tɐ̃ˈboʁ/ [Brazil], [tɐ̃ˈboh] [Brazil], /tɐ̃ˈboʁ/ [Brazil], [tɐ̃ˈboh] [Brazil], /tɐ̃ˈboɾ/ [São-Paulo], /tɐ̃ˈboʁ/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], [tɐ̃ˈboχ] [Rio-de-Janeiro], /tɐ̃ˈboɻ/ [Southern-Brazil], /tɐ̃ˈboɾ/ [Portugal], /tɐ̃ˈboɾ/ [Portugal], /tɐ̃ˈbo.ɾi/ [Portugal, Southern] Forms: tambores [plural], atambor [alternative], atambôr [alternative], tambôr [alternative]
Etymology: From Old Galician-Portuguese atanbor, from Arabic الطُنْبُور (aṭ-ṭunbūr); cognate to Persian طبل (“drum”), Spanish and Galician tambor. Etymology templates: {{inh|pt|roa-opt|atanbor}} Old Galician-Portuguese atanbor, {{der|pt|ar|طُنْبُور|الطُنْبُور}} Arabic الطُنْبُور (aṭ-ṭunbūr), {{cog|fa|طبل||drum}} Persian طبل (“drum”), {{cog|es,gl|tambor}} Spanish and Galician tambor Head templates: {{pt-noun|m}} tambor m (plural tambores)
  1. (music) drum (a type of percussive musical instrument) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Musical instruments Hyponyms: bongô, caixa, sarol, tamborim, tarol, tímpano, tom-tom
    Sense id: en-tambor-pt-noun-d2hVtHUL Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. drum (any hollow, cylindrical object)
    drum (a barrel or large cylindrical container for liquids)
    Tags: masculine Synonyms: tonel
    Sense id: en-tambor-pt-noun-IXQR3b3-
  3. drum (any hollow, cylindrical object)
    (firearms) cylinder (part of a revolver which contains chambers for rounds)
    Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Firearms Synonyms: cilindro
    Sense id: en-tambor-pt-noun-iHzJMrMM Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
  4. drum (any hollow, cylindrical object)
    tumbler (movable obstruction in a lock)
    Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-tambor-pt-noun-Z~dQLIue
  5. drum (any hollow, cylindrical object)
    the revolving drum of a concrete mixer
    Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-tambor-pt-noun-dGp~EbbH Categories (other): Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 20 1 4 0 3 17 3 4 4 4 14 4 3 0 1 1 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 10 11 14 11 34 13 8
  6. (architecture) drum (any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-tambor-pt-noun-Tws23AYH Topics: architecture
  7. (South Brazil) cockpit (an enclosure for cockfights) Tags: South-Brazil, masculine
    Sense id: en-tambor-pt-noun-V2CIQL06 Categories (other): Southern Brazilian Portuguese
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tamborada, tamboreiro, tamborejar, tamborete, tamboril, tamborilar, tamborim

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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