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pandeiro

/pænˈdɛəɹəʊ/

pandeiro noun: a type of hand-held frame drum with a round wooden frame and six pairs of metal discs fit along the sides, and an animal skin or nylon head; similar to a tambourine but with head tension that can be tuned and crisper, drier, and less sustained jingles, used in a number of Brazilian music forms.

Noun

pandeiro (plural pandeiros)

  1. A type of hand-held frame drum with a round wooden frame and six pairs of metal discs fit along the sides, and an animal skin or nylon head; similar to a tambourine but with head tension that can be tuned and crisper, drier, and less sustained jingles, used in a number of Brazilian music forms.
  2. A square double-skinned frame drum, often with a bell inside, used in medieval Spanish/Moorish music.

Forms of pandeiro

pluralpandeiros

Origin of pandeiro

From Portuguese pandeiro, from Latin pandurium.

Questions about pandeiro

What does pandeiro mean?
Pandeiro means a type of hand-held frame drum with a round wooden frame and six pairs of metal discs fit along the sides, and an animal skin or nylon head; similar to a tambourine but with head tension that can be tuned and crisper, drier, and less sustained jingles, used in a number of Brazilian music forms.
What part of speech is pandeiro?
Pandeiro is a noun.
How do you pronounce pandeiro?
Pandeiro is pronounced /pænˈdɛəɹəʊ/.
What is the plural of pandeiro?
The plural of pandeiro is pandeiros.

Words near pandeiro in the dictionary

  1. pandectists
  2. pandects
  3. Pandeglang
  4. pandeid
  5. pandeids
  6. pandeiro
  7. pandeiros
  8. pandeism
  9. pandeisms
  10. pandeist
  11. pandeistic

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