tumbao
English
editEtymology
editFrom Cuban Spanish tumbar (“to knock off, fall”).
Noun
edittumbao (plural tumbaos)
- (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.
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editSpanish
editNoun
edittumbao m (uncountable)