zumbido

From zumbir.

• Hyphenation: zum‧bi‧do

zumbido m (plural zumbidos)

1. drone; buzz; hum (constant noise)
2. tinnitus (perception of a constant buzzing noise in the ear)

   Synonyms: tinido, tinnitus

zumbido (feminine zumbida, masculine plural zumbidos, feminine plural zumbidas)

1. past participle of zumbir

From zumbar +‎ -ido.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θumˈbido/ [θũmˈbi.ð̞o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /sumˈbido/ [sũmˈbi.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ido
• Syllabification: zum‧bi‧do

zumbido m (plural zumbidos)

1. buzz, hum, ringing (a buzzing or humming noise)
   • 1928, Horacio Quiroga, El hijo:

     Un profundo zumbido que llena el ser entero e impregna el ámbito hasta donde la vista alcanza, concentra a esa hora toda la vida tropical.

     A deep hum that fills the whole being and permeates the environment as far as the eye can see, concentrating all tropical life on this hour.

• “zumbido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28