LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
interjection

taratantara

taratantara
Classical[ta.raˈtan.ta.ra]Ecclesiastical[ta.raˈtan.ta.ra]

Meaning

  1. An onomatopoeia of the sound made by a trumpet.
    […]at tuba terribili sonitu taratantara dixit.[…] and the trumpet with terrifying tone sounded taratantara.239 BCE – 169 BCE, Ennius, Annales 452

tărătantără, an onomatopee, representing the sound of the tuba: at tuba terribili sonitu taratantara dixit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 842 P. (Ann. v. 452 Vahl.).

Origins

Onomatopoeic.

Quick answers

What does taratantara mean in Latin?
taratantara, a interjection, means “An onomatopoeia of the sound made by a trumpet.”.
How do you pronounce taratantara?
In classical Latin, [ta.raˈtan.ta.ra]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ta.raˈtan.ta.ra].