samba

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Brazilian ballroom dance or dance style.
  2. A Brazilian musical genre, to which the aforementioned dance is danced, which has its roots in West Africa via the slave trade.
verb
  1. To dance the samba.
name
  1. A town and district of Jammu and Kashmir, India.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɑmbə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-samba.wav

Word forms

samba sambas sambaing sambaed

Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese samba, from a Bantu language. Doublet of semba.

Related words

Derived words

sambadrome samba school samba whistle
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