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bombo

bass drum

noun BOHM-boh Rare

Also means

lottery drum

Usage Note

Bombo is the large bass drum used in bands and orchestras, but it also names the revolving drum from which lottery numbers are drawn in Spain and Latin America. The idiom dar bombo means to give excessive publicity to something, and a bombo y platillo means 'with great fanfare'.

Examples

"El bombo marcaba el ritmo de la marcha."

Natural Translation

The bass drum set the rhythm of the march.

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