drum

tambor

Instrumento con una membrana tensa que se golpea con las manos o con palos.

En inglés sencillo: A musical instrument with a tight covering that you hit with sticks or your hands.

• She hit the drum with a stick.
• He plays drums in a band.
• The sound of a bass drum filled the hall.

Sinónimos: skins

Expresiones frecuentes: play the drum, bass drum, snare drum, drum kit

bidón, barril

Recipiente grande y cilíndrico, con extremos planos, usado para almacenar o transportar líquidos y otros materiales.

En inglés sencillo: A large round container with flat ends, used for storing or carrying liquids and other materials.

• The oil drum was empty.
• They stored fuel in metal drums.
• We filled an old drum with rainwater.

Sinónimos: barrel

Expresiones frecuentes: oil drum, steel drum, empty drum, fuel drum

tambor

Muro circular que sostiene la cúpula de un edificio.

En inglés sencillo: A round wall that supports the curved roof of a building.

• The dome rests on a stone drum.
• Tall windows surround the drum beneath the dome.
• The architect designed a wider drum to support the new cupola.

Expresiones frecuentes: dome drum, circular drum, drum beneath something

tocar el tambor, tocar la batería

Tocar el tambor o la batería golpeando su membrana tensa con las manos o con baquetas.

En inglés sencillo: To play a musical instrument by hitting its tight covering with sticks or your hands.

• He loves to drum.
• She drummed with a local band for years.
• Can you drum in time with the music?

Sinónimos: play drums

Expresiones frecuentes: drum in time, drum with someone, drum for someone

tamborilear

Golpear repetidamente una superficie con los dedos u otro objeto, a menudo mientras se espera.

En inglés sencillo: To hit a surface repeatedly with your fingers or another object, often while waiting.

• Stop drumming on the table.
• He drummed his fingers against the window.
• She was drumming on her notebook with a pen.

Cómo se usa: drum your fingers on something (She drummed her fingers on the desk while waiting.); drum on something (He drummed on the table with a pencil.)

Sinónimos: tap, beat

Expresiones frecuentes: drum your fingers, drum on something, drum against something

tamborilear, repiquetear

Golpear rápida y repetidamente, produciendo un sonido grave y continuo.

En inglés sencillo: To beat quickly and repeatedly, making a low rolling sound.

• Rain drummed on the roof.
• The grouse drummed with its wings.
• Their feet drummed against the wooden floor as they ran.

Cómo se usa: drum on/against something (Rain drummed against the metal roof.)

Sinónimos: beat, patter

Expresiones frecuentes: drum with wings, drum on something, drum against something

inculcar, meter en la cabeza

Repetir una información muchas veces para que alguien la recuerde.

En inglés sencillo: To repeat information many times so that someone remembers it.

• They drummed the safety rules into us.
• My mother drummed that lesson into my head.
• The coach kept repeating the instructions to drum them in.

Cómo se usa: drum something into someone/someone's head (Our teacher drummed the spelling rules into our heads.); drum something in (He repeated the warning to drum it in.)

Sinónimos: drill, instil

Expresiones frecuentes: drum something in, drum into someone, drum into heads