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timbalero

timbalero noun: one who plays the timbales.

Noun

timbalero (plural timbaleros)

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

Forms of timbalero

pluraltimbaleros

Origin of timbalero

Spanish

Questions about timbalero

What does timbalero mean?
Timbalero means one who plays the timbales.
What part of speech is timbalero?
Timbalero is a noun.
What is the plural of timbalero?
The plural of timbalero is timbaleros.

Words near timbalero in the dictionary

  1. timawas
  2. Timb
  3. timba
  4. timbal
  5. timbale
  6. timbalero
  7. timbaleros
  8. timbales
  9. timbalist
  10. timbalists
  11. timballo

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