Batería

[Tomisimo]

Parking
Cars parked in a row at an angle, or perpendicular to the street is en batería.
Parallel parking (cars parked end-to-end along the street) is en cordón.

Drums
drum set, drum kit = batería
snare drum = tarola
kick or bass drum = bombo
toms = toms
cymbals = platos, platillos (for specific types-- ride, crash, china-- they use the English word)
high-hats = contras
drum sticks = baquetas
single drum (in a marching band or symphony) = tambor

Batteries
battery = batería (car battery or other large battery)
battery = pila (small battery-- AA, AAA, C, D etc)

Kitchenware
set of pots and pans = batería
china set = vajilla

[Rusty]

Thanks, David. I understood 'easiest way to park a car' as angled-parking, but the British 'on square with the kerb' made me think about parallel parking.

[Tomisimo]

Originally Posted by Rusty

Thanks, David. I understood 'easiest way to park a car' as angled-parking, but the British 'on square with the kerb' made me think about parallel parking.

En cordón and en batería is what they use in Mexico. Other terms probably exist as well. I wasn't familiar with the phrase on square with the kerb either. Good to know that. For the others-- kerb must be BrE spelling; it's curb in AmE.

[laepelba]

David - thanks for that rather exhaustive list of terms. VERY helpful!!!

[CrOtALiTo]

I wanna take class to drums in the next month.

[Tomisimo]

Originally Posted by laepelba

David - thanks for that rather exhaustive list of terms. VERY helpful!!!

You're welcome. Most of the terms were already in the thread, I just pulled them all together.

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

I wanna take class to drums in the next month.

I want to take a drum class next month.