zambomba

Borrowed from Spanish zambomba.

• IPA^(key): /zæmˈbɒm.bə/

zambomba (plural zambombas)

1. 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

• IPA^(key): /θamˈbomba/ [θãmˈbõm.ba] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /samˈbomba/ [sãmˈbõm.ba] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -omba
• Syllabification: zam‧bom‧ba

zambomba f (plural zambombas)

1. zambomba

   Synonyms: (Venezuela) furruco, (Murcia) pandorga

• “zambomba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025