bemba

See also: Bemba

English

Noun

bemba (plural bembas)

1. (music, Trinidad and Tobago) A type of folk drum used in Trinidad and Tobago.

Alternative forms

• bembe

Anagrams

• mabbe

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbemba/ [ˈbẽm.ba]
• Rhymes: -emba
• Syllabification: bem‧ba

Noun

bemba f (plural bembas)

1. (Canary Islands, Antilles, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela) Mouth with large and bulky lips

Adjective

bemba f sg

1. feminine singular of bembo

Further reading

• “bembo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014