Tom plays the bongo.
Source: tatoeba (10000908)
Bongo
//ˈbɑŋ.ɡoʊ//
Synonyms for "bongo" (7 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
Strong matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
Related words (3)
Noun(1 words)
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8 entriesTranslations
35 translations across 20 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- bongo noun (drum)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 紫羚 noun (mammal)
- 邦哥鼓 noun (drum)
Dutch
1 entries- bongo noun (mammal)
Estonian
1 entries- bongo noun (drum)
Finnish
3 entries- bongo noun (mammal)
- bongo noun (drum)
- bongorumpu noun (drum)
French
2 entries- bongo noun (mammal)
- bongo noun (drum)
Galician
2 entries- bongo noun (mammal)
- bongó noun (drum)
German
1 entries- Bongo noun (mammal)
Icelandic
1 entries- bongótromma noun (drum)
Irish
3 entries- bongó noun (mammal)
- bongó noun (drum)
- druma bongó noun (drum)
Italian
1 entries- bongo noun (mammal)
Japanese
2 entries- ボンゴ noun (mammal)
- ボンゴ noun (drum)
Kikuyu
1 entries- ndongoro noun (mammal)
Marathi
3 entries- बाँगो noun (mammal)
- बाँगो noun (drum)
- बोंगो noun (mammal)
Māori
1 entries- pahū tamarua noun (drum)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- bongo noun (drum)
- bongotromme noun (drum)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- bongo noun (drum)
- bongotromme noun (drum)
Portuguese
2 entries- bongo noun (mammal)
- bongô noun (drum)
Russian
2 entries- бо́нго noun (mammal)
- бонго́ noun (drum)
Spanish
2 entries- bongo noun (mammal)
- bongó noun (drum)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Tom plays the bongo drums.
Source: tatoeba (10000912)
Tom is a good bongo player.
Source: tatoeba (10022513)
He's banging on the bongos like a chimpanzee.
Source: wiktionary
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