timbales
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A pair of shallow metal drums played with sticks in Latin American music
- noun
- /tɪmˈbɑːleɪz/
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timbales
- The band featured lively timbales that added a vibrant rhythm to the salsa music.
Far into you and me with its loud timbales and drums blasting down.
- Far into you and me with its loud timbales and drums blasting down.
Examples
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He practiced playing the timbales every day to improve his skills for the upcoming concert.
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During the festival, the dancers performed to the energetic beat of the timbales.
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Far into you and me with its loud timbales and drums blasting down.
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Surface Forms
timbales plural
Morphology
timbales = timbale (transparent) = timbale + s
Regular plural formation: the form is simply the singular 'timbale' with the productive English plural '-s', so knowing the singular yields the plural meaning.
Etymology
Timbales comes from the older word timbal, from Latin tympanum which means 'drum'. That's why timbales are metal drums that give a sharp, metallic sound in Latin music.