zambomba
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish zambomba.
Noun
zambomba (plural zambombas)
- A Spanish friction drum, consisting of a ceramic pot with a skin and a pole in the middle. To play it, the stick is rubbed to make a deep sound
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θamˈbomba/ [θãmˈbõm.ba] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /samˈbomba/ [sãmˈbõm.ba] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -omba
- Syllabification: zam‧bom‧ba
Noun
zambomba f (plural zambombas)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “zambomba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024