This word is from the Spanish tambucho, meaning a hatch on the deck of a ship (sailors climb through the opening to climb up from within the ship to the outside).
tambutso
vehicle muffler
vehicle muffler
tambutso
smoke belcher
A tambutso is technically a device for reducing the amount of noise emitted by cars and trucks. The British call it a silencer.
In the Philippines it is seen less as a noise-reducer and more as a pipe out of which dark exhaust gases are emitted. The word tambutso has a negative connotation. A chain smoker will be referred to as parang (similar to a) tambutso.
Parang tambutso kung manigarilyo si Ben.
Ben smokes like a chimney.
Ben smokes like a chimney.
