tumbao

English

Etymology

From Cuban Spanish tumbar (“to knock off, fall”).

Noun

tumbao (plural tumbaos)

  1. (music) The basic rhythm played on the conga drum and the bass in Afro-Cuban music.
    • 2007 February 12, Nate Chinen, “A Flamenco Master Is His Own Ensemble”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      After all, its encore introduced some new musical elements, including a pulse faintly suggestive of an Afro-Cuban tumbao.

Anagrams

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tumˈbao/ [t̪ũmˈba.o]
  • Rhymes: -ao
  • Syllabification: tum‧ba‧o

Noun

tumbao m (uncountable)

  1. tumbao
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