Etymology

tumbao

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Today it means: The basic rhythm played on the conga drum and the bass in Afro-Cuban music. Full definition →

Spanish tumbar
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The story

  1. Spanish · derived fromtumbar“to knock off, fall”
  2. English todaytumbao

From Cuban Spanish tumbar (“to knock off, fall”).

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