Meanings (ES + gloss)
trompeta
A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat; by extension, any type of lip-vibrated aerophone, most often valveless and not chromatic.
In trumpets for assisting the hearing, all reverbation of the trumpet must be avoided. It must be made thick, of the least elastic materials, and covered with cloth externally. For…
The royal herald sounded a trumpet to announce their arrival.
barrito • berrido
The cry of an elephant, or any similar loud cry.
The large bull gave a basso trumpet as he charged the hunters.
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Meanings (ES + gloss)
trompetear
To sound loudly, be amplified
The music trumpeted from the speakers, hurting my ears.
tocar a la trompeta • trompetear
To play the trumpet.
Cedric made a living trumpeting for the change of passersby in the subway.
barritar
Of an elephant, to make its cry.
The circus trainer cracked the whip, signaling the elephant to trumpet.
The other, standing nearly head-on toward the hunters, had not proved so good a mark, and though every spear struck not one entered the great heart. For a moment the huge bull stoo…
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